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Ringfort - rath

Tullig (Iveragh By., Castlequin ED), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tullig, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tullig (Iveragh By., Castlequin ED)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
51.97175, -10.15834
SMR number
KE070-051----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 23.5m N-S, 22m E-W
This subcircular univallate rath is located on the S side of the Ferta river in land that slopes down gently to N. Situated on a level platform, it affords lengthy views of the river valley to E and SW. From SE to SW the enclosing bank has been virtually levelled, but at N it reaches a maximum external height of 1.35m. It has a basal width of .9m and falls .9m on average to the interior of the site. The construction of the bank has been revealed in places by erosion as a basal course of large boulders overlain by earth and gravel. An entrance gap at E measures 3.8m wide. The sod-covered remains of a hut (KE070-051001-) interrupt the enclosing element at S, causing a bulge in its outline. This oval-shaped stone structure has internal dimensions of 4.4m N-S x 2.9m E-W, and survives to a maximum internal height of .4m. A second possible hut (KE070-051003-) is indicated by a curved section of walling which abuts the inner face of the bank at W. Ua Riain noted a possible souterrain (KE070-051002-) at this site (1927), but no surface indications of it remain.

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 552. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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