Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Trippul East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Trippul East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54618, -9.62219
- SMR number
- KE001-046----
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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 23.4m N-S, 27m E-W
This univallate rath is roughly cut in half by a track running in a NW-SE direction. The sub-circular area is enclosed by a low wide earthen bank. The external height of the bank measures .5m, the internal height .5m and the width at the base c4m. In the WNW sector of the interior is a moss-covered boulder covering a souterrain (KE001-046001-) now inaccessible, which was constructed of stone.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 144. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.