Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromkeen East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.41477, -9.72341
- SMR number
- KE015-030----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Very little remains of this once univallate rath. It is situated in a corner of a field and is cut on its E side by a fieldbank running N-S. The N sector has now been levelled and only survives as a slight rise. All that remains today is an earthen arc bank, which runs for 34m from W to S and rises to 1m high. On the exterior W side, a slight fosse can be noted for c20m and is 4m wide and .4m deep. In the interior towards the E side is an oblong mound, 4m x 1m internally.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 558. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.