Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tubrid Beg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tubrid Beg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.31974, -9.72425
- SMR number
- KE021-122----
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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 41.6m N-S, 44.4m E-W
According to the landowner, this rath was originally bivallate, but the outer ring was completely removed and no visible trace survives. What remains today is a circular area enclosed by a bank and external fosse. A bohareen cuts through this site in a WSW-ENE direction. The enclosing earthen bank is well defined and has a steep exterior side. It rises to a maximum of 2.5m internally and 4.3m externally. The external fosse only survives to the W to N to NE where it is 1.2m-3.4m wide and 1.2m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Two main breaks can be noted in the enclosing bank, one to the NW measuring c 2m and one to the SE measuring c 2m. A circular mound (KE021-122002-) lies in the centre of the interior; it is 7.2m N-S and 7.8m E-W internally and 1.2m high. 6.8m S of the mound is a depression .6m deep (KE021-122001- & KE021-122003-). According to the landowner, this was originally a shaft about 30 feet deep that had to be closed up. Another shaft lay in the N sector, but this has also been closed up.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 786. 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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.