Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lisnagoneeny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnagoneeny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43025, -9.67300
- SMR number
- KE009-064001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Univallate ringfort KE009-064---- is situated immediately N of KE009-065---- in a large pastoral field. The view is excellent especially to the E, S and SW. The site consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank of earth and stone and an external fosse.
The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and contained within the NW sector is an oblong mound, 1.8m x 1.8m internally and .6m high. A lot of stones are displayed. Locally, there is a story of underground passages (KE009-064001-) in this ringfort.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 364. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.