Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Tubrid Beg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tubrid Beg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.31744, -9.71805
- SMR number
- KE021-123----
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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
This is the first of a pair of ring-barrows, the second of which lies immediately N. Although half of this site has been completely ploughed out, a small section of the external bank, fosse and inner area survives, to the N through W to SW. The external height of the bank measures 1.2m, the width of the bank at the base measures 4.4m and the internal height of the bank measures .8m. The width of the fosse measures 1.6m and .6m below the internal area.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 90. 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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.