Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lissyviggeen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissyviggeen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.05878, -9.46250
- SMR number
- KE067-020001-
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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 undulating pasture, with views W to Killarney and Macgillycuddy's Reeks. A roughly circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.8m) partially obscured by trees and bushes and with breaks at NE and SW. The interior is in pasture and there is a multiple-stone circle (KE067-020002-) at the centre. A limited excavation in 1998 revealed the presence of a steep-sided fosse (Wth 3m at top, 1m at base; D 2.5m) directly inside the enclosing bank and also confirmed that the enclosure is prehistoric in date (O'Brien 2000, 94-5; 2004, 323-38). A standing stone pair (KE067-020004-) is c. 14m to the S. (O'Brien 2000, 94-5; 2004, 323-38)
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
- Stone circle - embankedunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Rock scribingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.