Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Lack, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lack
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15532, -9.90092
- SMR number
- KE046-010----
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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
Estimated internal diam. 25m
An Lios: This very ruined cashel lies at the foot of Moanlaur, about 150m from the N shore of Castlemaine Harbour. It is shown on the 2nd edition of the OS map as a semi-circular field, open to N. A field wall has recently been built across this latter side and the fence bounding the E half of the site has been removed. It appears that the semi-circular field fence respects the earlier cashel whose wall lies c. 3m inside it. Only the SW section of the cashel wall is traceable and even this has been reduced to a low, stony bank, c. 3.6m wide and up to .75m high. There are possible traces of 2 stone structures in the NW part of the modern enclosure but dense vegetation and disturbance by cattle prevent definite interpretation.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 585. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.