Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Liss, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liss
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.78676, -10.02641
- SMR number
- KE107-005----
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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. 18.5m N-S, 17.8m E-W
Located in sloping pasture with an excellent outlook over Kenmare Bay, this circular caher is poorly preserved. Its enclosing wall is 2.3m in average width and consists of a ruble core faced internally and externally with drystone masonry. Sections of the internal facing appear to have been rebuilt in modern times. Two concentrations of loose stone occur in the overgrown interior of the site. It is not clear if they represent field clearance or the collapsed remains of internal structures. A souterrain (KE107-005001-) is locally reputed to occur in the site, but its exact location is unknown.
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. 607. 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
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.