Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullahennel North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullahennel North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54327, -9.54467
- SMR number
- KE002-056----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 31m N-S, 34m E-W
Situated in low-lying pastureland directly behind a small wooded area, this univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. A fieldbank runs along the S side of this site. The enclosing bank is low and wide and externally it measures between .5m-1.6m, and internally is on average .8m high. A 3m wide gap exists to the SE.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 176. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.