Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Inse Fhearann Na Gcléireach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inse Fhearann Na Gcléireach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.81834, -10.07206
- SMR number
- KE098-060----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted on the first edition of the OS maps as a circular enclosure, this site is located in level pasture a short distance S of Isknagahiny Lough. It survives as a roughly square-shaped platform, 29m N-S x 31.7m E-W, bordered on its NW side by a stream. A line of trees marks its W sector, a field wall delineates its S edge and a field fence cuts through its N side from NW to NE. The site is raised on average 1m above surrounding ground level.
The blocked opening to a possible souterrain (KE098-060001-), marked 'Cave' on the OS maps, is located 10m from the W edge of the site and is marked by a rubble-filled depression, 3.6m in diameter and .8m deep. On its NW side three lintel-like slabs are visible, indicating that a passage extends in this direction.
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. 676. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.