What is recorded here

Cahereernark is a ruined stone ringfort in County Kerry, Ireland. Its overgrown bank still holds large boulders and a standing slab, marking a place where people lived, defended themselves, or performed rituals before forgetting its name. The gap at the southeast may have been its entrance, inviting entry into a world now lost beneath grass and time.

Internal diam. c. 14.8m N-S, 18.1m E-W Cahereernark/Cathair Uí Ruairc: This possible caher is marked 'site of' on the second edition of the OS map. It survives as a subcircular overgrown bank which features large boulders in its basal construction and is otherwise composed of earth and small stones. The bank averages 1.3m wide, has a maximum internal height of 1m at NW and a maximum external height of 2.9m at S, where this is exaggerated by the slope of the land. A 2m wide gap at SE may mark the location of the original entrance. A large slab, .65m high x 1.35m wide, stands on edge on its W side. A small cairn of stones abuts the bank externally at SE. The centre of the site is traversed by a NNW-SSE field wall. 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. 571. 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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