Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drombeg, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drombeg
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.48242, -9.49027
- SMR number
- KE010-025----
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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 35m N-S, 33m E-W
This univallate rath is situated NE of KE010-023----, and good views are afforded in all directions. Fieldbanks touch this site to the NW and SSW, and the W sector has been used as a field divider. The rath is sub-circular in shape and is enclosed by a very overgrown earthen bank, which is 7m wide and rises to a maximum of 1.6m externally and 1m internally. An external fosse exists for most of the site. It is best preserved NW through N to E to S; elsewhere it is really only distinguishable by a variation in vegetation colour. The fosse is shallow and U shaped, being on average 1m wide and .4m-.8m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Two main gaps are to be noted: one to the S measuring 2.4m wide and another SE measuring 2.8m wide.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 400. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.