Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tubrid More, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tubrid More
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32080, -9.75302
- SMR number
- KE021-111----
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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 E-W
This possible univallate rath has been cut to the S by a fieldbank and a road running E-W. No trace of the site survives S of the fieldbank. The remaining semi-circular enclosing earthen bank is very low and wide. It is c 10m wide at the base and rises to .8m above the external ground level.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 795. 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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.