Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dromhale, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromhale
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.05225, -9.50209
- SMR number
- KE066-076----
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, at the edge of a steep SSE-facing slope. According to the landowner, the rath was levelled 'decades ago'. A low field boundary (Wth 1m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.2m) is evident E-N, parts of which may incorporate dumped material from the bank. Inside this field boundary the ground is uneven. A low rise is visible N-E along the line of the bank. Numerous badger sets, rabbit burrows and trees occur along the field boundary. The rath is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and as a circular raised area (diam. c. 40m), skirted SE-NNW by a field boundary, on the 1939 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
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