Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killagurteen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killagurteen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.84801, -10.09672
- SMR number
- KE098-024----
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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. 15m N-S, 14.3m E-W
This severely denuded caher is situated on top of a low rise, just N of a small river which flows into Lough Currane at SW. The foundations of the enclosing wall comprise rock outcrops and large boulders, above which are stretches of rough drystone coursing. Externally the wall varies from .5m to 2.5m high. Its overgrown inner face survives .9m high at N, but elsewhere it does not rise appreciably above the level of the interior. There is no discernible entrance to the site. Loose stones are scattered throughout its interior, but do not form any recognisable pattern.
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. 599. 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.