Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drom (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drom (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54364, -9.66252
- SMR number
- KE001-043----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 35m N-S, 29m E-W
Lisroe/Lios Rua (russet ringfort) is a univallate rath situated c166m S of the Coosheen stream. The enclosing bank is low and narrow, and to the N through W it only survives as a slight platform rise. Elsewhere the bank survives to a maximum height of 1.2m externally, 1.2m internally and on average 4m in width. There is a c 4m wide gap in the SSE sector of the bank.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 125. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.