Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Feaghmaan East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Feaghmaan East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.91994, -10.33626
- SMR number
- KE078-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 30m E-W
This circular univallate rath is located in rough grazing land on the lower NE slopes of Geokaun, Valencia Island. The enclosing bank has been largely levelled and now stands to a maximum external height of .75m at S. Its inner face is indistinct and is virtually flush with the interior of the rath. A straight stretch of a modern field bank appears to incorporate a portion of the enclosing element at N. The interior of the site is densely overgrown with scrub and furze, but the vague outline of a rectangular hut (KE078-003001-) is preserved in its NE quadrant. Two further huts were recorded by Mitchell, one in the interior (KE078-003002-) and one outside (KE078-003003-) the site at SW (1989, 30).
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. 506. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
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