Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 23.5m
A univallate ringfort situated about 500m S of Tralee Bay, at the foot of the N slopes of the Slieve Mish mountains. Dense vegetation obscures the interior and parts of the enclosing bank. The bank rises a maximum of 1.6m above the surrounding field and .5m above the interior. It is composed of both earth and stones, the inner flank being almost entirely earthen and the outer flank being made up mainly of small stones; some of the latter, particularly along the W and NW edges, are probably field clearance debris. A line of stones along the base of the inner edge at WSW may be the remains of an inner revetment, but it is traceable for only about 2m and the stones protrude only a few cms above the surface. There is no clear evidence for an entrance but it may lie in the S sector where the bank is only .4m high externally and barely perceptible internally. An external fosse, 2m wide and a few cms deep, is faintly discernible, and appears to surround the entire site.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 390. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 6 August 2013