Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derra East,derra West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derra East,derra West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.45576, -9.51768
- SMR number
- KE010-055----
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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
This univallate rath has a small stream running immediately N to NE and then flowing SE. It consists of a circular space enclosed by an earthen bank and exterior fosse. The external height of the enclosing bank varies 1.2m-2.4m high and is .8m on average above the interior. The external fosse is visible for all the site, except to the NE to E where the stream flows by. The fosse is U shaped, c 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. 397. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.