Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Lios Clochán na Lobhar: This site has been described as a circular fort 'about 1 chain (20m) in diameter and 5 feet (1.5m) high composed of earth and stone' (OSNB Garfinny, 33). The extant remains consist of a densely overgrown stony mound, measuring c. 20m NW-SE and c. 11m NE-SW, in which the outline of one or possibly 2 hut-sites can be traced. At the NW end of the mound, a roughly circular area, 7.4m x 6.6m, is enclosed by defaced and partly collapsed walling up to 2m high externally and 1m internally. An entrance gap at SE leads to a 2nd possible hut. This latter consists of a mound of stone and earth, c. 1 to 1.5m high, with a central depression measuring 4m x 3m. These may have been a pair of conjoined clochauns, but some of the mound material may be the debris from a destroyed ringfort.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 635. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 7 August 2013