Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cappanacush West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappanacush West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Liss (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 51.86669, -9.70263
- SMR number
- KE092-031001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Liss/Lios: This site was located on a natural rise in an area of marshy ground overlooking Kenmare Bay to S. On the first edition of the OS map it is shown as a circular enclosure, but on the second edition it is marked 'site of’. There is now no trace of the enclosure, referred to as a 'fort with a cave (KE092-031----) in it' in the OSNB (Templeno, 42).
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. 649. 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.