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Ringfort - rath

Carhoomeengar West, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carhoomeengar West, 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
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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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 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

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

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