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Ecclesiastical enclosure

Drombane (Glanarought By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ecclesiastical enclosure, Drombane, 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
Drombane (Glanarought By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
51.82596, -9.60563
SMR number
KE102-019003-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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

In pasture, on a hillock with commanding views in all directions over the valley of the Dromoghty River. An elevated roughly oval area (46m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.1m) SWW and NNWN and elsewhere by a scarp (H 1.7m). The scarp is faced EW with a stone wall which appears to be of recent construction. A distinct inward curve in the scarp at SW suggests that part of this area may have been damaged or removed. Field-clearance rubble is piled against the scarp face WNNW and NSW. This rubble also spills into the interior at irregular intervals. A children's burial ground (KE102-019002-) and a souterrain (KE102-019004-) occupy the NW half, where the uneven ground surface is partially obscured by overgrowth. The church site (KE102-019001-) is in the SE half, where coniferous trees and scrub obscure the uneven surface. Stones are evident on the surface intermittently, especially in the SE half. A circular (diam. 3.4m) arrangement of large stones on the surface at NE appears to be a recent addition.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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