Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bromore West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bromore West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.53563, -9.66966
- SMR number
- KE004-004----
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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 12m
Lisdoonaflan/Lios Dún na bhFlann (ringfort of (the) fortification of Na Flainn - personal name 'Flann', in plural). This site is situated on boggy land and land SE of Tonalassa promontory fort (KE004-003----). It consists of a raised inner circular area measuring 11.5m x 10m internally and this is enclosed by a shallow fosse and outer bank. The fosse measures 1.8m in width and .3m below the raised inner area. The enclosing earthen bank is low and measures 1m externally and 1m above the fosse. The width of the bank at the base measures on average 3m. To the S there is a 4m wide gap in the bank. The entrance lies to the E and a slab 1m x .5m of the S jamb stone remains.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 215. 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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.