Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derreennamucklagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreennamucklagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.83034, -9.80492
- SMR number
- KE100-017----
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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
The site is shown on the first edition of the OS map as a circular enclosure, its W half denoted by a line of trees. It is titled 'Cave' on the second edition, and is located on a small rise on the NE side of Coongar Harbour. Dense vegetation and trees now grow at this location, and no traces of the enclosure or souterrain (KE100-017001-) are visible. A scatter of loose stone at the S end of the rise, however, may derive from part of the site's enclosing element. The site is marked 'Kieleen' (KE100-017002-) on the OS Fair Plan.
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. 668. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.