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Ringfort - rath

Scarteen (Dunkerron South By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Scarteen, 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
Scarteen (Dunkerron South By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
51.91116, -9.72344
SMR number
KE083-028----

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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

A circular enclosure is marked at this location on both editions of the OS maps. The site survives as a 1.35m high circular platform which measures 27.8m N-S x 29.4m E-W. Coniferous trees border its SE sector, where a stone-built field boundary abuts it. A shallow depression below the platform at W is the only indication of the former presence of a fosse. It measures 2m wide and .3m deep. The site is described in the OSNB as a 'fort having a cave in it' (KE083-028001-) (Templeno, 3). It is located on a low scarp, directly E of a tributary of the Blackwater river.

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. 689. 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

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

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