Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gearha (dunkerron South By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gearha (dunkerron South By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cahernapeasta
- Coordinates
- 51.85325, -9.87145
- SMR number
- KE091-080001-
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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. 22.5m N-S
Cahernapeasta/Cathair na Péiste: This caher is located on a level shelf on the E side of the Ardsheelhane river valley, overlooking almost the entire length of the valley to SW. The enclosing element has been completely levelled along the site's NE sector, where the original entrance may have been located. For much of the remainder of its circuit, the upper portion of the stone wall has been rebuilt. The lower, original section of the wall consists of a rubble core, faced internally and externally with large boulder-like slabs. The wall averages 1.2m high externally, .5m high internally and 2.1m wide. An overgrown semicircular stony band occurs in the N half of the site’s interior, and may represent the remains of a hut (KE091-080003-).
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. 591. 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.