Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcurrane East, County Kerry, Ireland
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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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
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
- Sheepfoldunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.