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Ringfort - rath

Coolies, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coolies, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolies
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.01373, -9.45051
SMR number
KE075-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture, c. 40m to the SW of a ford on the Owgarriff River. A circular area (37m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 8.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.6m) NW-SW, which is stone-faced internally and externally. The bank is eroded SW-NW by a small stream which skirts the W half of the rath. There are some weathered rocks on the bank along the E arc. There is an entrance (Wth 4.5m) at S. The interior is raised slightly. The W half of the interior slopes down towards the W bank and the E half is level. There is a depression (16m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE; D 0.5m) in the NW quadrant, just inside the bank.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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