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Ringfort - cashel

Mangerton, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Mangerton, 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
Mangerton
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
51.94116, -9.47339
SMR number
KE085-003001-

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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 rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain and within a network of relict field boundaries (KE085-003006-). A roughly circular area (26m E-W; 23.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T 1m; H 1m) W-E which is lower (H 0.2m) and grass-covered E-W. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.6m) at SSW. The S portion of the interior is raised (H 0.2m) and the N portion is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. However, the interior still retains a gentle slope down to the S. A modern E-W wall crosses the interior to the N of centre. A triangular sheep enclosure (4.2m N-S; 3.8m E-W) in the NW quadrant is defined by the cashel wall at NW, by the modern E-W wall at S and by another modern wall at NE. The entrance (Wth 1m) to the cashel is at SE. Loose stones are scattered along the cashel wall internally NW-NE. A wall from the network of relict field boundaries extends in a general SE direction from the SE arc of the cashel. There is an enclosure (KE085-003007-) c. 38m to the SE.

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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