Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lounaghan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lounaghan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.89459, -9.45701
- SMR number
- KE094-007----
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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)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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
In pasture, on a steep N-facing slope, on a grass-covered natural mound, overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. A subcircular level area (18m E-W; 14m N-S) is evident on top of the mound. The W side of the mound has been cut into for gravel extraction. A band of silty soil (Wth c. 3m) was noted at the N and S ends of the gravel face, 0.75m below the top of the mound. This may be the remains of a fosse. According to local information, the area is known as 'the Lios' and once had a 'circular green grassed arc surrounded by birch trees'. The rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) with a limekiln c. 5m to the S. On the 1895 OS 6-inch map, the NE arc is indicated as open.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.