Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.85011, -9.50299
- SMR number
- KE102-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 S-facing slope near the N bank of the Glashanaglaragh stream. A circular area (27m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8.4m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 3.4m) WSW-ENE, with gap at W, and by a scarp ENE-WSW. A shallow external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.3m) is evident W-N. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at NE. The level interior is grass covered and the S portion is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A farm road skirts the external edge of the bank along the NE arc. A stream skirts the rath at E.
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
- House - vernacular houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.