Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynahow More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahow More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.97698, -10.14602
- SMR number
- KE070-053----
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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
Internal diam. 22.5m N-S, 24m E-W
This roughly circular univallate rath is located in gently sloping pastureland just above a sharp drop to the Ferta river at S. The site commands extensive views to S along the river valley. Faint traces of a shallow external fosse, measuring 4m wide and .3m deep, are discernable at NW and S. The earthen enclosing bank is modified and is virtually levelled in the SE sector; elsewhere intermittent traces of drystone facing occur along its inner flank. The bank measures 1.5m high externally, 1.4m high internally and is 2.3m wide. A gap at SW may mark the original entrance. A second gap at NE appears to be of recent origin.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 467. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.