Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lerrig South, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lerrig South
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.35434, -9.76364
- SMR number
- KE020-032----
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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 30.2m N-S, 31m E-W
Situated in the next field NE of KE020-031----, this site has excellent views in all directions. A univallate rath consisting of a sub-circular area enclosed by a bank and exterior fosse, the enclosing earthen bank is c 6m wide and rises to 1.2m above the interior and on average 1.9m above the external fosse. The external fosse is very much levelled, and N to NE and SSW through S to SE no trace of it survives. Elsewhere it is 2m-3m wide and c 1.2m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and according to local tradition a souterrain (KE020-032001-) lay under the surface. No surface trace remains today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 696. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.