Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Dromkeen East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42182, -9.71295
- SMR number
- KE015-015----
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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 19m N-S, 19m E-W
This small univallate cahir consists of a circular space enclosed by a well-defined wall. The enclosing wall rises to a maximum of 1.2m above the interior and 2m above the external ground level. Sections of the enclosing wall have been levelled by cattle, as there is a water trough in the centre of the fort. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and is gently sloping S.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 821. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.