Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drombeg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drombeg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.47837, -9.49379
- SMR number
- KE010-023----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 29m N-S, 27.6m E-W
Situated two fields E of KE010-022---- in a field which is sloping gently S, this univallate rath consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank which is on average 7m in width at the base. At its highest point it rises to 2.2m above the surrounding land and .6m above the interior.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 399. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.