Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissavane West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissavane West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.11823, -9.69272
- SMR number
- KE057-041----
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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
In the paddock of an old farmyard, immediately to the N of a farm road. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. An earthen mound (diam. c. 18m; H 1.2m), with an uneven upper surface, occupies its approximate location. The mound is covered with nettles, manure and high grass. A curving wall at the E skirts the mound. It is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) which is crossed by a NW-SE field boundary. According to the landowner, this was a small circular fort with an earthen bank.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.