Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Drom (iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drom (iraghticonnor By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.54247, -9.66972
- SMR number
- KE004-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
The external diameter of this ring-barrow measures 17m N-S. It consists of a circular mound averaging .5m high, surrounded by an internal fosse 1.8m in width and .5m deep and an external earthen bank rising to a maximum height of 1m internally and .8m externally. Access to the interior is gained by a causeway to the E which is 1.8m wide. In the centre of the interior is a depression .75m x 2.3m which reveals some stones.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 85. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.