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Ringfort - rath

Kilcurrane East, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilcurrane East, 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
Kilcurrane East
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.91729, -9.59196
SMR number
KE084-013----

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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

In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 16m) defined by a low eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.55m) NW-N and NE-ESE and by a scarp (H 0.9m) ESE-NW. The bank N-NE appears to have been levelled recently. The S portion of the interior is raised and the N portion is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. Two large stones are situated in the W sector of the interior. The rath is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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