Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrymore, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrymore
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.93464, -10.12840
- SMR number
- KE080-038----
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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. 23.5m N-S, 28m E-W
This circular univallate rath is located in rough pasture on a N facing slope below the saddle that joins Keelnagore and Knockavohaun mountains. The enclosing bank is of earth, with a large stone content along its N sector. The fosse, variously preserved, is c. 4m wide and .9m deep below external ground level. The height of the bank above the fosse varies from 2.2m at S to 4.3m at N. It is 4.7m wide at S, 6m at N, and falls on average 1.15m to the interior. There are two breaks in the bank at NE and NW.
A raised area in the S half of the rath's interior contains the remnants of a stone-built rectangular building (KE080-038001-). It measures 5.8m x 2.8m internally, and its walls survive .6m high.
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. 500. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.