Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromin Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromin Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.44724, -9.45457
- SMR number
- KE011-014----
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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 28.4m N-S, 21m E-W
Situated N of the Limerick-Tralee railway line, on pastureland gently sloping SE, this univallate rath consists of a sub-circular raised area of c 1.2m above the enclosing fosse. NW to W and E to S an enclosing bank c 4m wide is discernable. The external height ranges 1m-1.6m and the internal .3m-.5m high. The enclosing fosse is very shallow, c 2m wide and .6m-1m below the height of the surrounding land.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 426. 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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.