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Ringfort - cashel

Com An Tsleabhcháin, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Com An Tsleabhcháin, 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
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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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)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

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

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

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