Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diameter 24.6m N-S, 26m E-W
Lisnamuck/Lios na Muc (ringfort of the pigs). This univallate ringfort consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank and exterior fosse. The enclosing bank is c 6m wide, 1.2m-2.4m high externally and on average .8m high above the interior. The external fosse, measuring 1.4m wide and .6m deep, can be traced for most of the site, except to the NE through E to S. The interior, which is at a higher level than the surrounding land, contains the remains of a rectangular house-site (KE008-009002), 14m x 6.6m internally, which is constructed of stone; the walls are 2m in thickness. 4m to the N of this lies a stone-lined circular depression, 2.4m x 2.8m, which is possibly the entrance to a souterrain (KE008-009001-). On the exterior side of the S bank there is a small semi-circular area whose bank is curved inwards towards the S bank and measures 7m internally. The bank is 2.6m wide and .6m high; it is possibly a small hut site connected to the fort. An entrance gap of l0.8m exists to the SE.

The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 331. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 2 August 2013