Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caher East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caher East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89654, -9.50047
- SMR number
- KE093-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level pasture, on the valley floor on the N side of the Roughty River. This possible rath is not visible at ground level, apart from a shallow depression (L c. 35m) NW-NE which may indicate the line of a fosse. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, it was levelled when the surrounding field boundaries were removed.
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Mineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.