Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doire Mhór Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doire Mhór Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.24470, -9.83887
- SMR number
- KE037-005----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
A ringfort and hut-site situated at the base of Derrymore Island on the level coastal strip between Tralee Bay and the N slopes of the Slieve Mish mountains. The site was not marked on the 1st edition of the OS map. However, the former presence of a ringfort is indicated by a roughly circular area raised c. 0.15 to .3m above the level of the surrounding field. Though it is difficult to determine its limits with accuracy, it measures a maximum of about 45m overall.
The circular hut-site lies in the W portion of this raised area. Its wall is now represented by a circular band of stone collapse, 13.3m in overall diameter, which encloses an area 6m in diameter and also filled with stone. The bank is about .4m high and from c. 2 to 5m wide. A single course of what may be the inner wall face is visible for a length of 2m at SE.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 664. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.