Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gowlane (glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowlane (glanarought By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91800, -9.57605
- SMR number
- KE084-019----
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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 pasture, on a S-facing slope. A circular area (21.4m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) ENE-E, by a scarp (H 3m) E-SW and by a more recent earthen field boundary (T 1m; H 1m) SW-ENE. The field boundary, with the remains of stone facing, is grass-covered. A shallow fosse is visible NW-N. The present entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at N. A relatively recent rectangular structure, on a WNW-ESE axis, is built into the scarp at SE and the remains of a limekiln are evident as a semicircular stone structure (diam. 2m; H 1.2m) at SSW. Both of these structures are indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. The S portion of the rath is raised to compensate for the hillslope. Trees and bushes grow along the perimeter at E.
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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.