Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liscullane (clanmaurice By., Kilcaragh Par.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscullane (clanmaurice By., Kilcaragh Par.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.37928, -9.63172
- SMR number
- KE015-122----
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
Internal diameter 51m NE-SW
This circular univallate rath is enclosed by a fairly overgrown earth and stone bank. The enclosing bank to the W to SW has been later stone faced. The bank is c 7m wide at the base and rises to 1.1m externally and .65m internally. A c 5m wide gap is on the SE side and a gate leads into the interior on the NW side.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 584. 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.