Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Dromkeen East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.41860, -9.72499
- SMR number
- KE015-027001-
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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
Univallate rath KE015-027 consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank, 1.4m-2.4m high externally and .5m-1.9m above the interior.
In the centre of the interior is an oblong mound, 4m x 1.8m internally and .6m high. On the exterior side of the rath to the SE and in the E sector of the dump is a possible entrance to a souterrain (KE015-027001-), which may be connected to the mound in the interior.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 549. 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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.