Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 23.5m.
Lisheenatullamush/Lisín an Tolamais: A sub-circular rath located on the E slopes of a low hill (611 feet/186m) that overlooks the Anascaul valley to W. It is enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse, and a 2nd outer bank is present along the E sector only. The latter is 1.2m wide and .8m high. The fosse is up to 1.75m deep, 2m wide and rises a maximum of 2.5m to the crest of the inner bank. The inner bank is a maximum of 1.4m high internally and is c. 3m wide. The SSE facing entrance is 1.5m wide and is defined on its E side by a single slab. The regular curve of the bank is interrupted at NW by an angled corner, and eroded gaps occur on either side of this. A c. 6m wide trackway skirts the inner edge of the bank along its N and E sides and exits through one of these latter gaps. An earth and stone mound, located in the SW part of the interior, contains 2 depressions which may represent hut-sites (KE044-062001- & KE044-062002-). The mound is c. 1.5m high and the depressions measure 6m x 4m x .75m deep and 2m in diameter x .75m deep.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 330. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 6 August 2013