Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mweevuck, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mweevuck
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.46894, -9.62151
- SMR number
- KE009-043----
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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 30m
This site which lies two fields SE of KE009-040---- is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a very low earthen bank c 10m wide and about .6m high. A slight external fosse c 2m wide and .5m deep is to be noted N through E to S. Two openings exist: one to the W which is 1.8m wide and one to the E, 2.6m wide. The interior is at much the same level as 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. 370. 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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.