Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garryletter, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryletter
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80244, -9.54841
- SMR number
- KE102-070----
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
In pasture, on a hillock, on the lower N-facing slopes of Esk Mountain. A roughly circular area (23m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 3.6m). An intervening fosse (Wth 3m) and an outer bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 4.6m) are visible W-NE. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at SE. A souterrain (KE102-070001-) is located just S of the centre of the rath.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.