Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Doory (iveragh By., Mastergeehy Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doory (iveragh By., Mastergeehy Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86692, -10.12223
- SMR number
- KE089-029----
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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
Internal diam. 23.5m N-S, 20.7m E-W
This ruined subcircular caher is located in rough pasture at the foot of Coomduff ridge, on its W side. The outline of the site along its SE sector is obscured by a later field boundary. The sod-covered enclosing wall survives to a maximum external height of 1m at S. At W it is only .3m high, and internally it does not rise much above .2m. The wall has a basal width of 2.3m. Internal and external stone facings of large flat slabs can be discerned intermittently. There is no clear evidence for an entrance.
A large quantity of stone occupies the interior of the site, some of which, occurring in irregular heaps, appears to be field clearance debris. Traces of a possible hut (KE089-029001-) survive in the S part of the site, represented as a sod-covered arc of stony composition which is 1.3m wide and .5m high.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 581. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.