Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromin (iraghticonnor By., Killehenny Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromin (iraghticonnor By., Killehenny Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.51871, -9.65969
- SMR number
- KE004-024----
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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 26m N-S, 33m E-W
Situated SE of KE004-023----, the land is gently sloping S. This univallate rath is oval shaped and is enclosed by a low earthen bank that has been much levelled by cattle breaks. The height of the bank varies externally between .6m-1.4m and internally .4m-.8m. A small mound c5m x 3m exists in the NW sector of the interior. The entrance possibly lies to the E where it measures c 4m in width.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 224. 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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.