Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullahennel North, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullahennel North
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.53623, -9.53209
- SMR number
- KE005-010----
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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 c 25m N-S, 28m E-W
This site is situated W of Tobernaseeth holy well (KE005-011----), and the view from it is extensive in all directions. This site consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and exterior fosse. To the SE the bank has been somewhat levelled, except for a small section 6m long x 3m wide x c .6m high. Elsewhere the external height of the bank measures .5m on average and the internal height .6m. An external fosse can be traced NW to W and E to S; it is between 2m to 4.2m wide and .6m below the height of the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 312. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.