Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farranpierce, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farranpierce
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.51742, -9.64867
- SMR number
- KE004-027----
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 41m N-S
This univallate ringfort consists of a circular area enclosed by an earth-and-stone bank. The bank rises to a height of 2.5m externally and on average .8m above the interior. The interior is very overgrown and is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Numerous cattle breaks exist in the bank.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 228. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.