Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Trienearagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Trienearagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43465, -9.43105
- SMR number
- KE011-033----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 17m E-W
Only a small portion of this rath survives, to the W through N to E; nothing can be distinguished elsewhere. It consists of a semi-circular area enclosed by a very low, wide bank 5m-10.6m wide at the base. It rises to .6m above the interior and 1m above the fosse. The fosse can be noted to the W through N to NE where it is c 2m wide and .6m 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. 441. 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
- 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.