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Ringfort - rath

Dromore (Dunkerron South By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dromore, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dromore (Dunkerron South By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.85018, -9.74342
SMR number
KE101-001002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This severely disturbed site (KE101-001----), no longer in use by the late nineteenth century, is located in a forestry plantation on a SW slope overlooking the Blackwater river. The unenclosed burial area measures 20.7m N-S x 20.3m E-W. Trees have recently been planted within it. The site is bisected by a fire-prevention trench and a modern track skirts it at SW. It is otherwise covered in a layer of dense vegetation, which largely obscures the N-S rows of upright grave-markers which occur throughout the site.

The site is recorded in the OSNB as an 'old small fort which is a noted place for burying children' (Templeno, 45). It does not display any ringfort-type features, but an opening to a souterrain is located externally at SW.

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 999. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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