Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynahow Beg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahow Beg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cleenagh Fort
- Coordinates
- 51.97111, -10.13619
- SMR number
- KE070-057----
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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. 32m N-S, 28.5m E-W
Cleenagh Fort/Lios na Claoine: This circular univallate rath is located in pastureland on a N facing slope overlooking the Ferta river valley. The earthen enclosing bank has an external height of 2.6m and rises to a maximum of .3m above the interior of the site at NW. The level, raised interior ranges from 1m to 2m high above surrounding ground level.
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. 465. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.