Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Com An Tsleabhcháin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com An Tsleabhcháin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cahereernark (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 51.76822, -10.15726
- SMR number
- KE106-043----
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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
Internal diam. c. 14.8m N-S, 18.1m E-W
Cahereernark/Cathair Uí Ruairc: This possible caher is marked 'site of' on the second edition of the OS map. It survives as a subcircular overgrown bank which features large boulders in its basal construction and is otherwise composed of earth and small stones. The bank averages 1.3m wide, has a maximum internal height of 1m at NW and a maximum external height of 2.9m at S, where this is exaggerated by the slope of the land. A 2m wide gap at SE may mark the location of the original entrance. A large slab, .65m high x 1.35m wide, stands on edge on its W side. A small cairn of stones abuts the bank externally at SE. The centre of the site is traversed by a NNW-SSE field wall.
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. 571. 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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.