Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
áth An Charbaill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- áth An Charbaill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12868, -10.17549
- SMR number
- KE054-019----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 28m N-S, 25m E-W
Lissonenakilla/Lios an Anacail: This roughly oval cashel is situated on a N facing slope overlooking the Lispole valley. The centre of the enclosure is occupied by a circular clochaun and in the SE quadrant, abutting the cashel wall, is a mound, 8.5m in maximum extent and c. 0.5m high; the function of the latter is not clear. There is no visible trace of the souterrain mentioned in the OSNB (Kinard, 26).
The cashel wall consists of a core of stone and earth faced externally and internally with drystone masonry. It averages 3m in width and 1m in internal height. Externally the height varies, due to the slope in the land, from c. 0.7m at the S to 1.5m at the N and W. There are slight traces of terracing of the outer face at SE. Access to the interior is provided by 2 gaps in the NE portion of the wall, both of which appear to be original. The N one is at least lm wide but its S side has collapsed. A large stone set at right angles to the line of the wall, directly N of the entrance, may be original but its function is not known. The S entrance is 1m wide and is defined on both sides by upright slabs with drystone masonry in between.
Clochaun: This measures c. 5.3m in internal diameter. The wall is 1.8m thick and the N and S sections are well preserved to a maximum height of c. 0.9m; the E and W portions have almost completely collapsed. The entrance passage faces SW and its N side is now collapsed. There is a small recess at the S side of the interior. Lying inside the clochaun is a slab with a small perforation, .04m in diameter, at one end. This may have been a pivot stone for the door. A similar stone formerly lay near the entrance to the cashel (Curran no.4).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 536. 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
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.