Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
An Rinn Bhuí, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Rinn Bhuí
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.14711, -10.20063
- SMR number
- KE043-243----
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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
Internal diam. 27m N-S, 25.5m E-W
A circular univallate rath situated in the broad, level, low-lying valley that surrounds Trabeg. The earthen enclosing bank is a maximum of 1.8m high. Field fences radiate out from the site at NE and NW and in the N sector between these the bank is revetted on both faces with rough drystone masonry. The inner stone-facing continues as far as the E sector but then disappears. A slight depression outside the bank along the E sector may indicate the presence of a fosse. There is a .5m wide gap at SSE and a mound directly E of this in the interior may be the debris from its formation. The interior also contains other banks or ridges and hollows of unknown origin.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 526. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.