Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doire Mhór Thoir, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doire Mhór Thoir
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.24096, -9.83548
- SMR number
- KE037-007----
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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 diam. c. 20m
A poorly-preserved univallate rath situated on the level coastal strip between Tralee Bay and the Slieve Mish mountains. A field wall bisects the enclosure NNE-SSW and the entire E half of the site has been removed. The W half is very disturbed and has been used as a dump for field clearance debris. The NE sector is largely destroyed but in the SW sector the bank remains to a height of .9m externally, 1.5m internally and is 2.75 to 4.2m in width.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 387. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 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.