Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Dromkeen West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.41630, -9.74739
- SMR number
- KE015-005002-
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
Fox fort. Univallate ringfort KE015-005---- is situated in the corner of a field NE of KE015-006----. An excellent view is afforded from this site, especially to the S, E and W. This ringfort consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank of earth and stone construction. I
In the N sector of the interior is an oblong mound (KE015-005002-), 4.6m x 2.4m externally and .6m 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. 562. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.