Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
An Seanchnoc (dún Cíaráin Theas), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Seanchnoc (dún Cíaráin Theas)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caherfarreesh
- Coordinates
- 51.80725, -10.13961
- SMR number
- KE098-067----
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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. 24.7m N-S, 21.8m E-W
Caherfarreesh/Cathair Fearghais: The wall of this caher is surmounted by a modern field boundary, and retains the irregular outline depicted on the second edition of the OS map. It is located on a slight rise, and overlooks Ballinskelligs Bay to NW. The original enclosing element can be traced beneath the field boundary along the W half of the site, where it is faced internally and externally with large boulder-like slabs. It encloses a rubble core and is on average 3m wide. The original entrance, 1.15m wide, is located at E and is flanked on its S side by an upright slab, 1m high. The interior of the site is occupied by a large rectangular structure which measures 8m N-S by 11m E-W. Its walls survive .7m high and 1.4m wide, and it appears to be of no significant antiquity.
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. 616. 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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.