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Ringfort - rath

Lissaniska (Iraghticonnor By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lissaniska, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lissaniska (Iraghticonnor By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.45406, -9.37562
SMR number
KE011-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diameter 41m N-S, 39m E-W
Lissaniska/Lios an Uisce (ringfort of the water). This rath is named after the townland in which it is situated. Bounded to the S-W by a fieldbank, this univallate rath has been much levelled. It consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank whose width at the base varies from 7m-l1m wide. The maximum external height of the bank is 1.2m above the surrounding land and c .7m above the interior. The interior is gently sloping S and SSE there is a 3m wide gap in the bank.

The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 436. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 2 August 201

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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