Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Liss, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liss
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78934, -10.01958
- SMR number
- KE107-003----
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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
This site is indicated as a large circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS map, but today resembles the irregular field depicted on the second edition. The wall of this field appears to be modern and no trace survives of the earlier enclosure. It was located in boggy pasture between two branches of the Staigue river. This may be the site near Staigue bridge referred to by Graves as the 'ruins of a stone fort' (1877, 289).
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. 830. 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
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.