Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Dromkeen East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.41847, -9.70869
- SMR number
- KE015-035----
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 34m N-S, 31m E-W
This is a sub-circular univallate cahir. The inner circular area is enclosed by a well-defined stone wall and exterior fosse. The wall is on average 8m wide at the base; it rises to 1.2m-2.6m above the interior and 2.4m-4.2m above the external fosse. The fosse, well defined and U-shaped in plan, is now barely distinguishable to the S; elsewhere it is c 2.6m wide and 1m deep.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 822. 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.