Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Drombohilly Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drombohilly Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79734, -9.75194
- SMR number
- KE101-021----
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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 S-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Drombohilly River. The cropmark of a bank and external fosse of a square enclosure (dims. c. 15m x c. 15m) is visible on an aerial photograph (ACAP, V.178/39-38) taken in 1955. This enclosure is not visible at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Turf standunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.