Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockroe (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lissowroe
- Coordinates
- 51.92925, -10.01917
- SMR number
- KE081-013----
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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
Internal diam. 25m N-S, 30m E-W
Lissowroe/Lios Abhann Rua: The first edition of the OS map depicts a subcircular bivallate enclosure on the W bank of the Owroe river, which forms part of its defences at E. The site is more consistent today with what is depicted on the second edition of the map - a univallate enclosure bounded at E by a field boundary with the river some 30m to E. The overgrown earthen bank is 1.3m high externally and measures .95m high internally. It has a basal width of 4.8m. A portion of the level interior of the rath is occupied by a large overgrown stony mound, measuring 13m in overall diameter. Though no facing is visible, it may represent the collapsed remnants of a large hut (KE081-013001-).
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. 528. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.