Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Banshagh,dromin (magunihy By., Dromin Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Banshagh,dromin (magunihy By., Dromin Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.11116, -9.75230
- SMR number
- KE057-054----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. A circular area (c. 29m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m) SE-NE. A farm building has been built on the line of the bank at E. Farm buildings externally abut the S arc of the bank. There is a shed built into the bank along the SSW arc. Mature trees grow around the bank. The interior is obscured by a cow shed and farm refuse. This is probably 'Fort David', which was recorded in the 1840s as lying on the W boundary of Dromin (OSNB, Killorglin, no. 1, 15). There is no visible surface trace of the external fosse indicated, S-NW, on the 1895 OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.