Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glouria, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glouria
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.49310, -9.53766
- SMR number
- KE005-083----
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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 33m N-S, 33.4m E-W
Situated at the bottom of a field, this site has a fieldbank running in a NW-SE direction along the SW sector. A univallate rath, it consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. This enclosing bank is 1m high externally and .8m above the interior. Due to drainage works the fosse has been completely ploughed out, except to the SE where it is traceable for 19m. It measures 3m wide and c .5m deep.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 276. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 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.