Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Com Na Heorna Thiar, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com Na Heorna Thiar
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77862, -10.09404
- SMR number
- KE106-120----
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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
This site, known locally as a 'liss', is not marked on the OS maps. It is located in pasture W of the Coomnahorna river, and survives as a roughly oval-shaped platform, 21.8m NW-SE x 19.5m NE-SW, which is covered in a layer of dense vegetation. A field wall abuts the site at NW, a track skirts its SE sector and field clearance debris has been deposited in its SW quadrant, distorting the outline of the site. A section of rock outcrop protrudes in its interior, where a souterrain (KE106-120001-) is reputedly located (local information).
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. 661. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.