What is recorded here

Dromkeen East holds a broad earthen ring beside ordinary farmbanks, enclosing underground chambers where one lintel still bridges a roofless chamber while another has collapsed into rubble. The fort is large enough to swallow a house and deep enough to hide a person, yet it sits open at the bottom of a narrow field where livestock still pass. Its chambers may have stored grain, sheltered people or served a purpose now lost, but the visible stones suggest someone built deliberately beneath a common landscape.

Internal diameter 29.2m N-S, 29.6m E-W This sub-circular univallate rath is situated at the bottom of a long, narrow pastoral field. It is touched to the N, W, S and SE by fieldbanks. The enclosing bank is constructed of earth and stone and is c 7m wide at the base. It rises to 3.4m high externally and 2.5m internally. The interior is at much the same level as the surrounding land and access is gained by a 8.4m wide entrance to the SE. In the N sector of the interior are the remains of Man-made underground passages (KE015-033001-): The most N one is open and drystone walling is evident, though this chamber has been filled with rubbish. In the NE corner of the chamber, a lintel stone can be seen. Three metres to the S of this chamber lies a second one; this, however, has collapsed, though a lot of stones are visible. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 555. 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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