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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dromin (iraghticonnor By., Killehenny Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Dromin holds an oval rath thirty-three metres wide on a gentle southern slope, its low earthen bank bruised and flattened by generations of cattle traffic. Inside the worn circle sits a small north-western mound, perhaps the buried remains of a hut or a marker for the dead, while the eastern gap suggests the entrance used by living people. The fort has no grand wall or famous owner, yet it keeps the shape of human choice: a place large enough to protect, small enough to belong, and old enough to have been forgotten twice.
Internal diameter 26m N-S, 33m E-W Situated SE of KE004-023----, the land is gently sloping S. This univallate rath is oval shaped and is enclosed by a low earthen bank that has been much levelled by cattle breaks. The height of the bank varies externally between .6m-1.4m and internally .4m-.8m. A small mound c5m x 3m exists in the NW sector of the interior. The entrance possibly lies to the E where it measures c 4m in width. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 224. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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