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Ringfort - rath

Tullahennel North, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tullahennel North, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tullahennel North
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.54005, -9.55494
SMR number
KE005-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diameter 35m N-S, 34m E-W
Situated in boggy land, the view from this site is excellent in all directions. This sub-circular univallate rath has an enclosing bank that measures 1.4m externally and 1m above the interior. A gap of 5m exists to the E, and to the SW the bank has been disturbed for 11m and a trough placed just inside the interior. On the interior side of the bank to the S to E there would appear to be a ditch that runs for 13m before developing into a small mound, 4m x 3.4m externally.

The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 310. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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