Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lauragh Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lauragh Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.76459, -9.76994
- SMR number
- KE108-018----
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 mixed woodland and pasture, on a hillock to the W of the Healy Pass road. A raised roughly circular area (28m N-S; 23m E-W; H 2.05m) defined by a scarp with a rim, an intervening fosse (Wth 2.75m) WNW-NNE and an outer bank (H 0.15m) WNW-NNE. The earthen scarp and the rim are eroded and crossed by numerous cattle-breaks and paths. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 5.6m) at SW. The interior is uneven and slopes gently down to the E. There is a souterrain (KE108-018001-) in the SE quadrant. Trees grow within and around the rath.
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Forgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.