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Ringfort - rath

Gearha South, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gearha South, 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
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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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)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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