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Ringfort - rath

Letter (Iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Letter, 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
Letter (Iveragh By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
51.92673, -10.22232
SMR number
KE079-067----

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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)
  • 1841 · 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

Internal diam. 26m N-S, 38.5m E-W
This poorly preserved rath is located in pasture on the S slopes of Bentee and lies c. 330m NE of KE079-066----. Its bank rises 2.6m above external ground level and features a number of breaks along its circuit. A field boundary overlies it at N. The bank does not rise substantially above the level of the interior, which is occupied by a series of E-W cultivation ridges. Abutting the S side of the rath is a level platform, 12m in average width, which is defined at its outer edge by a low earthen bank. The platform is traversed by a series of N-S cultivation ridges and is raised 1.8m 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. 532. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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