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Ringfort - rath

Derrynacoulagh, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Derrynacoulagh, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derrynacoulagh
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.83880, -9.53008
SMR number
KE102-007----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope, in the valley of the Sheen River. An oval area (44m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 2.1m) is evident SE-ENE and the interior is defined by a scarp elsewhere. The intervening fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.3m) is visible NE-W and the outer bank (Wth 5.85m; H 0.85m) NE-W. There is a stone wall on top of the inner bank W-NNE. There is a causeway entrance (Wth 2.5m) at ENE. Mature deciduous trees and undergrowth obscure the interior and portions of the inner bank. The S portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. Field boundaries abut the rath at SW and N. There is a children's burial ground (KE102-007001-) and a possible souterrain (KE102-007002-) in the S half of the interior. The area is named 'Knockaunalassa' on the 1846 and 1895 OS 6-inch maps.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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