Building in Ráthanáin, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

National Monument No. 10045. Rahinnane Castle (KE042-135002-) Grass-covered foundations immediately S of the castle may represent the remains of KE042-135003-; defaced stony footings survive to a maximum height of c. 1m and outline a rectangular building c. 22m WSW-ENE x c. 12m NNW-SSE. The entrance was probably situated in the E wall and appears to have been fitted with a forebuilding. An ancillary chamber lies at the SW end of the main building. There are also slight traces of a possible building to W of the castle. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 518.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE042-135003

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