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Ringfort - rath

Cummeenboy, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cummeenboy, 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
Cummeenboy
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
51.91783, -9.55315
SMR number
KE084-020----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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 pasture, at the summit of a low hill, on the E side of the valley of the Cummeenboy stream. A roughly circular area (38m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 4.15m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.1m) is visible WSW-E. A scarp occurs E-WSW where the remainder of the bank has been removed to accommodate farm roads at SW and SE. There are several small cattle-breaks through the bank. A fosse (Wth 1.3m), which is visible WSW-E, widens (Wth 1.8m) towards the NE. The interior is raised above the external ground level. There is a souterrain (KE084-020001-) in the centre of the interior.

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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