Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tubrid Beg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tubrid Beg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.32028, -9.72696
- SMR number
- KE021-121----
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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 27.2m N-S, 28.4m E-W
This univallate rath is situated two fields SW of KE021-119----. A fieldbank and bohareen run immediately to the S of this site in a NW-SE direction. The enclosing earthen bank is well defined and is on average 5m wide at the base. It rises to a maximum of 2m above the interior and 2m above the external fosse. The fosse is very shallow, but still quite distinguishable, although it is not traceable to the SW through S to SE, where the fieldbank cuts through it; elsewhere it is 1.6m wide and c .8m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and access is provided by two breaks to the NW and NE, but whether these are the original entrances is very doubtful.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 785. 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
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.