Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drommurrin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drommurrin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.44760, -9.56517
- SMR number
- KE010-051----
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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 30m N-S, 24m E-W
Situated in pastureland SW of KE010-052----, this univallate rath has good views in all directions. It has been much levelled since 1976. Today all that remains is a sub-circular area enclosed by a very low, wide earthen bank which is barely distinguishable; the S to SW sector of the bank cannot be traced at all. The bank ranges in width at the base from 9m-14m and is about .5m high.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 404. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.