Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tobar Na Múdán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobar Na Múdán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13248, -10.20402
- SMR number
- KE053-041----
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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. 30m
A circular univallate rath situated on a very slight N facing slope on the S side of the tidal estuary of the Owenalondrig river. The fairly level interior is enclosed by a well-preserved earthen bank and fosse. The latter is 3.25m wide and 1m deep, but has been filled in along the N sector. The bank rises c. 3m above the base of the fosse and 2m above the interior. A 2m wide gap in the N sector provides access to the interior and there is a 2nd less well-defined gap at W.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 530. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.