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Internal diam. 21m
Liscunneendeen/Lios Coinín Doinn: This roughly circular univallate rath is located on a very gentle SW facing slope overlooking Ventry Harbour. A souterrain and hut site have previously been recorded in the interior and a large cairn lies 50m to NE.
The earthen enclosing bank is a maximum of 1.5m high and the 2.15m wide entrance gap faces SE. The S side of the latter is defined by an upright slab. The gap at NE is a secondary feature. Between the 2 gaps, the bank is entirely earthen, but elsewhere it forms part of the field boundary system and is faced with drystone masonry.
The circular ruin mentioned in the OSNB (Kildrum, 25) and described as being 12 feet (3.65m) in diameter and 5 feet (1.5m) high is no longer extant, the only features visible in the interior being 2 depressions, .75m deep and irregular in outline. The souterrain led E from the hut and was said to extend as far as the cairn. The latter, composed of a mixture of earth and stone, is oval in plan and measures 11m N-S, 8m E-W and 1.5m in height.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 363. 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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