Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Arda Mór (tc Cinn Aird), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Arda Mór (tc Cinn Aird)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.13711, -10.16452
- SMR number
- KE054-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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. 21.5m.
This circular univallate rath lies 75m to E of KE054-008----. The earthen enclosing bank is c. 1.25m high internally and 1.5m high externally, and its outer flank is partly faced with drystone masonry. Access to the interior is provided by 3 narrow gaps in the ESE sector. The only feature visible in the interior is an oval depression measuring 9m E-W x 5.4m N-S; its origin is not known.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 290. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.