Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Letterdunane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letterdunane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.81193, -9.56134
- SMR number
- KE102-057----
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 rough pasture, on the lower S-facing slopes of Derrynacaheragh. A circular area (20.5m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m). The bank is faced internally with stone N-E and SE-W, and is obscured by field-clearance debris NW-N. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at SE and there are further gaps in the bank at E and W. A farm road skirts the bank externally along the W arc and a river winds around the bank externally NE-SE. There is a souterrain (KE102-057001-) in the E half of the interior.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.