Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lios An Tsionnaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lios An Tsionnaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.92587, -9.99524
- SMR number
- KE081-025----
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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. 21m N-S, 20m E-W
This circular univallate rath is located on a small hillock a short distance S of the Inny river, and close to the head of its valley. The enclosing bank is faced with drystone masonry internally and externally and is largely of earthen construction. A line of trees grows on the crest of the bank which rises 2.2m above external ground level and falls 1.1m to the site's interior. The bank has a basal width of 4.2m. A gap at NE, 1.6m wide, may be the original entrance. The level interior of the rath is apparently featureless.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 536. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.