Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullaghna, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullaghna
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42513, -9.70777
- SMR number
- KE015-016----
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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 25m
This univallate rath is situated in a large pastoral field which is sloping S and gives an extensive view of the surrounding land. This site has been much disturbed and the interior has been completely filled in up to a height of 3.6m. Possibly this is field clearance which was dumped into the interior. The external height of the enclosing bank rises from 1.6m-2.6m above the surrounding land and .8m-1.6m above the interior.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 596. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.