Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carks, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carks
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83496, -9.64085
- SMR number
- KE101-094----
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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
In pasture, on a N-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Reen River. A semicircular area (c. 12m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (Wth 2.9m; H 1.15m) of earth and stone SW-NE and by a linear stone field boundary at SE (L 20m). Traces of a low bank are evident on top of the scarp N-NE. Faint intermittent traces of the scarp continue on the SE side of the linear field boundary and indicate that the rath was originally circular. The remains of cultivation ridges are visible in the level interior. The field in which the rath is situated is known locally as the 'field of the fort'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Mass-houseunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.