Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carhoomeengar West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoomeengar West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.91679, -9.59649
- SMR number
- KE084-017----
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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 the crest of a ridge. An oval area (21m E-W; 16.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 5.25m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 2m) and fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.75m) are well defined and visible all around. There is a causeway entrance (Wth 4.2m) at NE and a cattle-break (Wth 2.75m) at SE. The interior is level and moderately covered with overgrowth. The rath is visible as a circular area in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, V 289-90). There is a souterrain (KE084-017001-) in the E sector. This is probably one of the two raths (see KE084-018----) recorded in this townland in the 1940s (SMCK).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.