What is recorded here

Lisnatelimy is a well-preserved bivallate rath on level pasture west of the Cottoners river and directly south of Killorglin town. Its oval interior holds two possibly conjoined circular huts, while a northern causeway cuts through the banks and fosse. The site remains vivid because its earthworks still shape the land, inviting imagination about the people who lived inside them.

Internal diam. 28.4m N-S, 19m E-W Lisnatelimy/Lios na bhFeidhlimí: This well-preserved bivallate rath is located on level pasture, W of the Cottoners river and directly S of Killorglin town. The outer bank is extant only along the N sector, where it measures 1.6m high externally, 1.75m wide and falls 2m to the bottom of the 3.5m wide fosse. Along the S half of the site the fosse appears only as a shallow depression, above which the inner bank rises to an average height of 4m. This flat-topped bank has an average basal width of 6m and falls a maximum of 2m to the site's level interior. A causeway, c. 3m wide, traverses the banks and fosse at N; its E side is defined by a low bank. A number of anomalous banks and mounds occur outside the entrance. A gap in the bank at S appears to be of recent origin. The sod-covered remnants of two possibly conjoined circular huts occur towards the centre of the site's oval-shaped interior. The N hut (KE056-041001-) has internal dimensions of 3.4m x 1.8m, and its wall footings survive .2m high and 1.35m wide. A short stretch of curved walling is all that remains of the adjoining S hut (KE056-041002-). 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. 538. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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