Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromnacarra, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromnacarra
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43443, -9.77567
- SMR number
- KE008-014----
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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 27.4m E-W
This univallate rath has been cut along its NE bank by a fieldbank running SE-NW. The site consists of a semi-circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank, 4.8m wide on average, 1.8m high externally and 1m high above the interior. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Towards the W sector of the interior there is an oblong mound of stone, 4.4m x 7.2m x .4m high, possibly suggesting a house-site (KE008-014001-). Two ridges run in a N-S direction down the interior of this site, suggesting that it has been used for growing vegetables.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 335. 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.