County: Kerry Site name: MULLAGHMARKY (Site AR16)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: KE039–027 Licence number: 06E0082
Author: Kate Taylor, TVAS (Ireland) Ltd.
Site type: Ringfort - rath
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 498943m, N 611888m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.249430, -9.480006
Test-trenching on the N21 Castleisland bypass road improvement scheme at the site of KE039–027 confirmed the presence of an enclosure defined by a bank and ditch with an internal diameter of c. 35m (probably an Early Christian ringfort). Part of the bank and ditch are visible outside the CPO, but within the road-take there is almost no aboveground evidence of the monument. One internal feature, a possible hearth, was identified and a number of pits were located outside the enclosure. Approximately one-third of the enclosure lies within the road-take.
Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
