Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissavane East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissavane East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.11838, -9.66712
- SMR number
- KE057-045----
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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 pasture, on a S-facing slope. An arc (c. 22m E-W) of an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.95m) is evident E-W, incorporated into the field boundary system. This appears to be the S half of a rath indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). The interior is obscured by impenetrable briars. The S portion of the interior is raised (H 1.65m) to compensate for the hillslope. Two other raths (KE057-044----, KE057-046----) lie c. 80m to the SW and c. 150m to the ESE, respectively.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.