Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromloughra, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromloughra
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43914, -9.54222
- SMR number
- KE010-064----
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 28.7m N-S, c. 44m E-W
This once univallate rath has been very much levelled, and all that remains today is an oval raised area, rising to .7m above the surrounding land. SE to E for c 22m the rise cannot be distinguished at all. On the exterior side to the SW a very shallow fosse, c 2m wide and .4m deep, can be traced for c 11m.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 401. 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.