Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortagowan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortagowan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Inidcated (1846).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.84717, -9.83414
- SMR number
- KE100-004----
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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. 30.75m N-S, 32.25m E-W
This bivallate rath is located between Knockanamadane and Derrygarriff mountains on the E side of the Tahilla river. It is situated in rough grazing land and overlooks Kenmare Bay to S. Trees grow on the crest of the inner bank, which is composed of earth and gravel with occasional large stones. This bank has an internal height of 1.3m at N and is flush with the level of the interior along the S half. It has a basal width of 5.6m and varies from 2.1m to 3.9m in external height. An ill-defined gap occurs at SE which may be the location of the original entrance. The fosse is 3.3m wide and is waterlogged at S. The outer bank is extant only from SE to N, and measures 1.8m high externally. It is up to 6.7m wide. The level interior of the rath is apparently featureless.
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. 516. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cultivation ridgesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.