Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dirtane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dirtane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.39579, -9.82229
- SMR number
- KE014-063001-
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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
Listoneen/Lios Tuainín (ringfort of little Tuan). Univallate rath KE014-063---- is situated in a large pastoral field that is gently sloping S. Today it has been much levelled and consists of a sub-circular raised area enclosed by a fosse.
The interior is at much the same level as the surrounding land. In the NE sector is an oblong mound, 2.6m x 16m internally, which is perhaps the remains of the souterrain (KE014-063001-) marked as 'cave' on the 1842 OS map. Immediately E of this rath is a sub-rectangular raised area, 18m x 25m internally and 1.4m high; this enclosure is probably connected to the fort.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 470. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.