Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tarmon East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tarmon East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54393, -9.37118
- SMR number
- KE003-041----
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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 28m E-W
This bivallate platformed rath is cut in half by a road running E-W, so no surface trace of the S half survives. The N section consists of a semi-circular platform area enclosed by a fosse and outer bank. The inner area is raised 1.7m above the fosse which measures c 5m in width. The outer earthen bank has a maximum external height of 2m and measures .9m above the fosse. Modern steps have been set into the raised platformed area to the NNE.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 200. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.