Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cummers West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cummers West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76739, -9.75292
- SMR number
- KE109-007----
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 pasture, on top of a hillock, near the N bank of the Glantrasna River. An elevated circular area (28.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 3.15m) SW-NNW and NNE-E, and elsewhere by a scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 2.7m). There is an intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.35m) ESE-W and an outer bank (Wth 2.15m; H 0.8m) ESE-SW. The entrance (Wth 2m), with a downsloping ramp, is at NE and there is also a gap in the enclosing bank at NW. The level interior is shaded by deciduous trees. There is a possible souterrain (KE109-007001-) in the interior.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.