Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drombeg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drombeg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47826, -9.49729
- SMR number
- KE010-022----
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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 33m N-S, 32m E-W
This univallate rath is situated in the corner of a field in poor pastureland. It consists of a circular space enclosed by a low, c 10m wide bank. This earthen bank rises to a maximum of 1.4m externally and .9m above the interior. There is a slight trace of an external fosse to the SE to E, where it can seen for c 23m; it is c 2m wide and .5m deep.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 398. 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
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.