Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tarmon East,tarmon Hill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tarmon East,tarmon Hill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54793, -9.35822
- SMR number
- KE003-050----
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 25m
This circular univallate rath is situated in a corner of a pastoral field. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank and exterior fosse. The maximum exterior height of the bank measures 2.6m and .9m above the interior. The width of the bank on average measures 5m. An external fosse is to be noted to the SW, where it measures 3m in width and 1.1m below the height of the fieldbank.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 199. 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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 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.