Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tarmon East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tarmon East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54528, -9.37423
- SMR number
- KE003-040----
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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 30m N-S, 26m E-W
This circular univallate rath is situated in low-lying, somewhat boggy land. A fieldbank running in an E-W direction touches the site at two points, but does not actually run through it. The enclosing earthen bank has a maximum height of 1.7m externally and .7m above the interior. The width of the bank at the base on average measures 5m. The bank displays numerous cattle breaks though no definite entrance. The fosse measures 1m wide and between .5m-1m deep.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 197. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.