Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Muckross, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckross
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.02104, -9.51961
- SMR number
- KE074-011----
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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
On level ground, in a yew forest to the N of Muckross Lake, in Killarney National Park. A circular area (22m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by a partially slumped moss-covered stone bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1m). Trees grow in the interior which slopes gently down to the NE. There is a souterrain (KE074-011001-) in the SE half of the interior.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Quayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.