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An Campa

Camp in Ratass parish preserves features documented during Michael Connolly’s survey of the Lee valley in 1996–97.

Recorded locationCamp52.25565° N · 9.68347° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • An Campa · Irish · main form
  • Camp · English · main form

Place & story

The limestone hilltop

Connolly recorded a low, stone-filled mound on a limestone spur, part of which had been quarried away. The grass-covered mound measured approximately eighteen by fourteen metres. A surrounding bank may preserve part of a kerb, but the record does not establish a particular burial type or date. [2]

A stone reused

A standing stone associated with this cairn was subsequently used as a farmhouse gatepost. Connolly’s record gives its height as 1.85 metres and describes it tapering towards a narrow point. Local information placed its removal from beside the cairn in the late 1940s. That relocation date is reported testimony. [3]

Banks across the fields

The same survey identified straight earthen banks extending across Camp and neighbouring Ballyseedy, initially recognised in aerial photographs. Some remained intermittently visible at ground level. Recorded lengths ranged from about forty-six to 230 metres. Their recognition documents earlier land divisions without fixing when those boundaries were made. [4]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Ratass
Coordinates
52.25565, -9.68347
Mapped area
0.68 km²
Logainm ID
24403 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Camp. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Michael Connolly Lee Valley survey1996–97:SMRKE038-101---- · Michael Connolly, Archaeological Survey of Ireland; uploaded2012
  3. Michael Connolly Lee Valley survey1996–97:SMRKE038-102---- · Michael Connolly, Archaeological Survey of Ireland; uploaded2012
  4. Michael Connolly Lee Valley survey1996–97:SMRKE038-098---- · Michael Connolly, Archaeological Survey of Ireland; uploaded2012
  5. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-14. How this page was prepared.