Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackaboy, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackaboy
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.50459, -9.60861
- SMR number
- KE005-034----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 30m N-S, 32.4m E-W
Lissheenbaun/Lisín Bán (white little ringfort). A fieldbank running in a N-S direction runs immediately along the E side of this fort, which is situated up a large pastoral field. This univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank c 7m in width at the base. The enclosing bank rises to a maximum height of 2.6m externally. The enclosing fosse is 1.4m in width and 1m below the height of the surrounding land. Two entrances exist to the N and SE, measuring 4m and 6m in width respectively. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and gently slopes S.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 295. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.