Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloghanecarhan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghanecarhan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.89189, -10.16841
- SMR number
- KE089-012002-
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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 terrace on the lower S-facing slopes of Foilclogh, with views SW to the River Inny estuary and Ballinskelligs Bay. An arc of an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.4m) WSW-WNW indicates the remains of a rath shown as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. Intermittent traces of a largely eroded bank extend for c. 5m beyond each end of the arc. The rath is indicated on the 1895-6 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 20m), with a NE-SW field boundary crossing the interior off-centre to the SE. There is a hut site (KE089-012----) in the NW quadrant and a souterrain (KE089-012001-) in the W half.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.