Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile Uí Bhuinn, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Uí Bhuinn
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.26171, -10.16067
- SMR number
- KE026-014002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Tobernasool/Tobar na Súl or Tobar an Leasa: Situated 300m from the seashore on the W side of Brandon Bay. Excavation of a drain led to the destruction of the well (KE026-014----). During the digging of the drain a 'cave' was discovered but not fully explored (local information). This may have been a souterrain (KE026-014001-) and the alternative name for the well, Tobar an Leasa, suggests that there may formerly have been a ringfort (KE026-014002-) in the vicinity as well.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 926. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.