1997:073 - DRUMBRONETH, Down
County: Down
Site name: DRUMBRONETH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 21:53
Licence number: —
Author: Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast
Site type: Ringfort - rath
Period/Dating: Early Medieval (AD 400-AD 1099)
ITM: E 719825m, N 852700m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.408763, -6.154152
Archaeological investigation of the site of a disturbed rath took place ahead of housing development.
The enclosure was oval in outline, measuring 35m x 30m. A ditch, 4m wide and 1.6m deep, was excavated, the upper fill consisting of original bank material but the lower fills were obscured by rising water. The bank itself had been levelled to form a spread 6m wide and 0.2m high. There appeared to be a 6m-wide entrance in the south-west.