Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tarbert
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.57538, -9.37340
- SMR number
- KE003-013----
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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 44m N-S, 43m E-W
This univallate stone fort is cut to the S to E by the Tarbert ferry road, and it lies E of the 'Stranavaun fort' (979). It consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank, which rises to 3.2m externally and on average 1.4m internally. Access to the interior is gained by a stone-lined entrance to the SW. It is 2.5m wide and c 6.8 long.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 799. 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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 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.