Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caherdaniel, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherdaniel
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.76873, -10.10694
- SMR number
- KE106-066----
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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. 19.6m N-S, 19m E-W
This ruined caher is located on top of a rise a short distance W of the Coomnahorna river, and overlooks Darrynane Bay to SW. The enclosing wall is largely overgrown with thicket, but where visible at S it consists of a core of small stones faced internally and externally with larger rounded slabs. Here, it measures .65m high externally, .4m high internally and is 2.6m wide. The entrance at SE is defined by two upright slabs, set .9m apart and averaging .9m high x .8m wide. A large prostrate slab lies directly E of the entrance. Two field walls traverse the interior of the site.
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. 563. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.