Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lyre (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lyre (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.49977, -9.57729
- SMR number
- KE005-044----
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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 42m N-S, 40m E-W
This univallate rath is situated in a corner of a field and is bounded to the E and S by fieldbanks; a fieldbank also runs into the enclosing bank at the NW sector. This site consists of a circular space enclosed by an earthen bank, and traces of an exterior fosse can be seen. The enclosing bank is on average 1.9m high externally and 1.5m internally. The fosse is evident to the NE and NW through W to SW and measures c 2m in width and .6m below the height of the surrounding land. An old trackway cuts right through this rath in a roughly NE-SW direction, cutting the enclosing bank at two points. Numerous other breaks are evident 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. 305. 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.