Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derra (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derra (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54335, -9.61330
- SMR number
- KE002-049----
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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 27m NE-SW, 29m NW-SE
Lissatober/Lios an tobair (ringfort of the well). This is a univallate rath consisting of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and an exterior fosse. The exterior height of the bank is 1.6m, the internal height on average .8m. The width of the bank at the base varies between 3m-5m. To the SE is a c 3m wide gap providing access to the interior. The fosse survives as a very low, barely perceptible depression which measures c 4m in width and .3m below 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. 163. 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).
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.