Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Beal Middle, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beal Middle
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.56291, -9.63871
- SMR number
- KE001-018----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 37m
This bivallate rath lies c264m E of KE001-017----. It consists of a platformed interior enclosed by a fosse and outer bank. The outer bank does not enclose the entire inner area and is most apparent to the NNE and SSE sectors. The external height of the bank measures 1.2m, while the internal height above the fosse measures 1m. The fosse is flat bottomed and encloses the inner area, and measures on average 3m in width. The internal area which is platformed measures 1m externally and is at a higher level than the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 122. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.