Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Stagmount, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stagmount
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.07202, -9.29634
- SMR number
- KE068-103----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a steep S-facing slope with views to The Paps of Dana. In the 1940s a rath, half of which was in Denis D. Houlihan's land and half in Denis J. Houlihan's land, was recorded in Stagmount (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Only the W half of this rath is visible at ground level and consists of an arc of earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.5m) S-N abutting a recent linear field boundary at E (L 24m) and enclosing a D-shaped area (dim. 24m E-W). Breaks in the bank occur at S and NNW. Field-clearance rubble is placed haphazardly on and against the bank. The interior slopes down to the S. There are no visible remains of the E half of the rath. An enclosure (KE068-113----) lies c. 50m to the NE.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.