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Ringfort - cashel

Liss, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Liss, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Liss
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
51.78737, -10.02989
SMR number
KE107-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1841 · 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

Internal diam. 19.2m N-S, 22.5m E-W
This ruined circular caher is located on gently sloping pasture W of Staigue river, overlooking Kenmare Bay to S. It is marked 'Killeen Burial Ground' (KE107-002002-) on both editions of the OS maps. A field wall runs NNW-SSE through the centre of the site, and its S half lies buried beneath field clearance material. The enclosing wall can be traced along the N sector, where it survives only one to two courses high and measures 2.7m wide. It is faced internally and externally by large coursed slabs and appears to have a rubble core. No surface features were identified in the interior of the site.

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. 606. 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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