Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gearha South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gearha South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockaunnahona Fort
- Coordinates
- 51.88910, -9.76913
- SMR number
- KE091-041----
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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
Knockaunnahona Fort/Cnocán na hÓna: This site was located on elevated ground within a plantation of deciduous trees on the N bank of the Blackwater river. Marked as a circular enclosure on the OS maps, it appears to have been almost entirely removed and a large section of ground has been dug into at SE. The OSNB recorded a 'fort and cave' with 'traces of an old ruin' at this location (Templeno, 47). The first edition of the OS map indicates a rectangular structure (KE091-041001-), centrally located in the interior of the enclosure. This area is now marked only by a subrectangular depression, 3.6m N-S by 2.9m E-W, with a maximum depth of 1.4m. It is littered with rubbish and features a small opening close to its S edge. This opening measures .55m x .3m and is .7m deep, and it may mark the location of the souterrain. Two further openings were noted to NW and NE of the depression, and may possibly be a part of the same souterrain (KE091-041002-).
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. 672. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.