What is recorded here

Drumsru is a square moated site in County Kildare, Ireland, with a broad steep-sided fosse and a poorly preserved inner bank. It sits on level pasture near the Slate River, almost equidistant between two raths, suggesting a deliberate boundary or residence rather than a random farm feature. The large limestone blocks at the northern edge may have marked an entrance, while blackthorn, briar, holly and hazel have since taken back the interior.

On level pasture c. 50m N of the SW-flowing Slate River and located almost equidistantly between two raths; KD017-002---- c. 700m to the WSW and KD017-004---- c. 800m to the ESE. A large square area (int. dims. L c. 40m; Wth c. 40m) is defined by a very poorly preserved inner earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int H 0.2m; ext. H 1.7m) along the E side, and by a broad, steep-sided outer fosse (Wth. 4.9-5.6m; D 1-1.3m). A large limestone block (L 0.8m; H 0.15m) retains the outer face of the fosse mid-way along the N side and to its E several even larger blocks (L 1.1m; Wth 0.8m; H 0.9m) have slipped to the bottom of the fosse but may originally have been part of an entrance to the site. The fosse is heavily poached by livestock along the S side and a later field bank runs on its outer edge along the W. The interior is almost completely overgrown with blackthorn, briar, holly and hazel, some of which is coppiced. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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