Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rathkenny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathkenny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.33333, -9.72117
- SMR number
- KE021-087006-
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
Lismore/Lios Mór (large ringfort; KE021-087---- ). This multivallate rath is situated on rising land and has an extensive view of the surrounding countryside. It consists of a circular area enclosed by three banks and fosses.
The space between the inner ring and outer ring, which runs from the NE through E to S, was possibly an area for workshops and dwellings, whereas the N through W to S sides of this fort are well defended and well fortified. The overall external diameter of this rath is 105m N-S and 106.6m E-W.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 774. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 186/1949).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.