Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
An Rinnín, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Rinnín
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1846).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78539, -10.19291
- SMR number
- KE105-003----
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
This site is marked as a semicircular outline on the first edition of the OS map, and is located at the SE end of Calf Cove. It is named 'Caher' on the OS Fair Plan, which also depicts a rectangular structure, aligned NE-SW, in its NE sector. The site survives as two upright slabs, .93m apart and aligned E-W. The N pillar is 1.55m high and measures .37m .25m at base. Inclining towards N, the S pillar stands 1.4m high and is .33m .25m at base. A barely perceptible bank extends a short distance from each pillar and there is no visible trace of the rectangular structure.
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. 687. 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
- Barracksunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.