Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cill Ura Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Ura Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13053, -10.40837
- SMR number
- KE052-035----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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. 24m N-S, 25m E-W
Situated on an E facing slope, a short distance N of Kildurrihy village, this circular rath is defined by 2 concentric banks, separated by a fosse. The outer bank is maintained on all but its S side as a field boundary and is faced in parts with drystone masonry. It averages 1.5m in height. The lack of any clear evidence for a formal entrance through the bank suggests that it is, at least in part, a secondary feature. The fosse ranges from 3.5 to 6m in width and is a maximum of 3m deep. The inner bank rises to a maximum height of 3m above the fosse and 1m above the interior. A break in the inner bank at E and a slight causeway across the fosse here probably represent the original entrance, but there is no corresponding break in the outer bank.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 464. 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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.