Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Meenanare,toor (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meenanare,toor (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.39082, -9.42999
- SMR number
- KE017-015----
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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
Toor ring-barrow is situated on the slope of a hill affording extensive views in all directions. The site has an external diameter of 50m and is cut in two almost equal parts by a fieldbank running in an E-W direction. The portion of the ring-barrow N of the fieldbank is in very good condition, whereas the section to the S is barely perceptible. There is also another fieldbank running N-S which slightly cuts the E sector, the enclosing bank, and the inner fosse. This site consists of a circular area 32m N-S, enclosed by a well-defined fosse, especially in the N field where it ranged in width between 4.6m and 6.2m. In the S field it is difficult to see in places, though to the SE it measures 5.6m. The enclosing low, wide earthen bank measures in width between 3.7m and 4.2m and rises to a maximum of 1m internally and .7m externally.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 88. 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
- Stone circle1 mi
- Megalithic structure1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.