Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Letter (iveragh By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter (iveragh By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.92383, -10.22501
- SMR number
- KE079-066----
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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. 21m N-S, 20m E-W
This circular univallate rath is located on a level terrace on the S slopes of Bentee, overlooking the Oghermong river to S. The heavily overgrown bank is composed of earth and gravel with a large stone content. There are many gaps along its circuit, but none appears to represent the original entrance. It has a maximum external height at W of 1.8m, an internal height of 1m at NE and it measures 3.5m in basal width. An overgrown stony mound in the NW quadrant of the interior may be the remnants of a hut.
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. 531. 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.