Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tulla More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tulla More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.53715, -9.60405
- SMR number
- KE005-002----
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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 25.4m N-S, 27m E-W
This univallate rath is situated on a N sloping rise. The circular area is enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank to the N through NW to SW. Elsewhere it appears as a slight rise of .6m above the fosse. An external fosse is distinguishable for most of the site, except to the S to SW where it is not visible. It is c 1in wide and c .6m below the height of the surrounding land. The interior slopes N and has two rows of ridges running down its length. In the S sector of the interior is a small mound (KE005-002001-) measuring 2.4m x 2.8m internally.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 321. 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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.