Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 31.5m N-S, 33m E-W.
Lissawalla/Lios an Bhaile: Situated on the S slopes of Knockmoylemore, overlooking the broad valley that surrounds Trabeg. This site was marked on the OS maps as a 'Calluragh burial ground' (KE043-184002-) but there are no traces of any graves or grave-markers in the interior. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a single earthen bank and fosse. The fosse is best preserved around the N half of the site where it is 4.4m wide and up to .9m deep below the external ground level. To S and SE it has been obliterated by the trackway which skirts the outer edge of the bank. The bank varies from 1.6 to 3.3m in width at base and reaches its maximum height at N where it is 1.7m high internally and 2.4m high above the bottom of the fosse. It is revetted internally with drystone masonry. There also appear to be some traces of collapsed revetment walling at the base of the outer face at N, and along the S sector where the lane way abuts the site. Entrance gaps at W and E measure 2 to 3m and 2m wide respectively.
A small clochaun (KE043-184003-) has been recorded in the fort (OSNB Garfinny, 36), but the banks and mounds now present in the interior do not form any recognisable features.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 316. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 6 August 2013