Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
An Mhín Aird Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Mhín Aird Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12905, -10.14403
- SMR number
- KE054-050----
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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. 25.5m
A circular univallate rath situated on a S facing slope with good open views in all directions. The earthen enclosing bank is a maximum of 2m high, and in the SE quadrant it is faced internally with drystone masonry. In the SW quadrant the bank has been removed, but the curving outline of the enclosure is preserved by the field wall which bounds this section. It is not clear where the original entrance lay, but there is a densely overgrown gap through the wall at S. The interior is also densely overgrown and, though some stone collapse is present, no definite structures were discernible.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 512. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.