Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drommartin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drommartin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.42669, -9.69234
- SMR number
- KE015-025----
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 33m N-S, 34m E-W
This univallate rath is situated immediately E of a sharp bend in the road, and about 18m to the NE is a quarry. The rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank which rises to a maximum of 2.8m above the surrounding land, on average 1.6m above the interior, and it is on average 6m wide at the base.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 548. 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.