Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Lissardboola, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissardboola
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23935, -9.66025
- SMR number
- KE038-106----
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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
'This site is situated in a low lying area of land 10m east of a stream (known locally as the Big Stream) which flows down to the north from the slopes of Knockawaddra Mountain, The stream is prone to flooding and has cut a steep gorge in the mountain slope. It later joins with the River Lee on its course to the sea. The site consists of a broad low mound measuring 8m N-S and 11m E-W. There is no clear evidence for the trough but a slight lowering of the height of the mound to the west may indicate its presence. The mound remains to a height of 0.57m and has been slightly damaged on its eastern side by an animal track. Here burnt soil and stone is visible in section.'
Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97.
Date of upload: 03 May 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.