Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Slaheny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slaheny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.89637, -9.44985
- SMR number
- KE094-003----
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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 woodland, straddling the N end of a flat-topped ridge, c. 400m SSW of the confluence of the Slaheny and Roughty Rivers. An overgrown circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by the faint remains of an earthen bank (int. H 0.15m) SSE-SW and by a scarp (H 2.2m) SW-SSE. An external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.4m) is evident SE-NW. There is a causeway entrance at S. An E-W earthen field boundary crosses the N sector of the interior while a N-S field boundary crosses the E sector. Another N-S field boundary is immediately W of the fosse.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.