Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coomduff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coomduff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95893, -10.14404
- SMR number
- KE080-006----
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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
A circular enclosure is marked at this location on the first edition of the OS map. It survives as an approximately rectangular platform which is delimited on its S and W sides by a small stream, and is delimited elsewhere by stretches of stone-built field boundaries which partly follow the circuit of its original enclosing element. The site measures 26.5m N-S x 18m E-W, and its stony interior is considerably disturbed. It was formerly used as a burial ground (KE080-006001-) (local information). An upright slab in the interior may relate to this period of use.
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. 659. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.