Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissyclearig Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissyclearig Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.90839, -9.59082
- SMR number
- KE093-002----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 rise on a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking Kenmare Bay. A raised circular area (23m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m) NNE-S and by a scarp (H 2.15m) S-NNE. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at N. The interior is level and grass-covered. There is a souterrain (KE093-002001-) in the interior. A farm road skirts the E arc of the bank that has been partly cut to accommodate it. A gate pier has been inserted in the bank at SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.