Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drombohilly Lower, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drombohilly Lower
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.79666, -9.73966
- SMR number
- KE101-023----
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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 W-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Drombohilly River. A slightly raised oval area (36.5m E-W; 27.5m N-S) defined by an eroded grass-covered bank with an external fosse. Intermittent sections of the bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.9m) are evident WSW-ENE and the fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.4m) is evident SW-NNE. A low WSW-ENE ridge occupies most of the interior. This is probably one of the three raths recorded in Drombohilly Lower/Upper in the 1930s, by Capt. D. B. O'Connell (KAS).
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.