What is recorded here

Lisgortneeva is a broken earthen ring on the south slopes of Knockmoylemore, overlooking the low country around Trabeg. Its bank still reaches 1.4 metres in places, though the south half has flattened until the boundary barely shows. A stone mound fills much of the centre, and a small drystone structure leans against its edge like a forgotten room. The fort looks less like a defended home than a threshold where human ambition met the uncertainty of time.

Internal diam. 23 N-S, 24m E-W. Lisgortneeva/Lios an Naoimhín: A circular univallate rath situated on the S slopes of Knockmoylemore, overlooking the lowlying area that surrounds Trabeg. The enclosing bank is of earth and stone, with some traces of drystone facing. It stands to a maximum height of 1.4m, but is considerably disturbed, particularly its S half which is now no more than .4m high internally and .7 to 1m high externally. The revetment walling along its outer edge in this sector, and the wall that surmounts the remains of the bank in the W sector, are later features. There is no clear evidence for an entrance. Much of the interior is occupied by a circular mound composed mainly of stones. It measures 10.5 to 9.5m in diameter and is a maximum of 1.45m high. The NE corner of a rectangular drystone-built structure is visible at the SE edge of the mound. The walls are .3m long E-W, 1.3m long N-S and no more than .6m high. A low bank, possibly ruined walling, continues the line of the longer wall for a further c. 6.2m. This may be the remains of a house or animal pen. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 314. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

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