Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolies, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolies
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.01166, -9.44869
- SMR number
- KE075-011----
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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
In a garden, on a NE-facing slope, c. 10m ENE of 'Drom Farm' house. A circular area (diam. 28m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 5.05m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.8m) N-SE, by a landscaped bank (Wth 1.95m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.85m) SE-W and by a scarp W-N. Small stone steps occur along the external face of the bank at NE. A 19th-century wall retains the bank E-SE. Gaps occur in the bank at SE (Wth 4m), at SW (Wth 4.5m) and at N (Wth 4m). The NE portion of the interior is raised (c. 1.7m) to compensate for the hillslope. According to local information, an apple orchard existed within the area and one apple tree survives in the centre. A souterrain opening (KE075-011001-) in the NE quadrant is covered by a pile of logs. This is probably one of two raths (see KE075-013----) mentioned by Capt. D. B. O'Connell in the 1930s as being '600 yds [549m] S. of Owgarriff Bridge' (SMR file).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.