Overview
Cahersabane — Cathair Samháin is recorded as Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Kerry. 23m Cahersavane/Cathair Sabháin: This impressive caher is located on a gentle W facing slope in rough pastureland on the E side of the Cummeragh river valley. It affords a lengthy view across Lough Currane to Ballinskelligs Bay at W.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: The circular enclosing rampart consists of a substantial rubble core faced internally and externally with unhewn blocks set in well-built courses.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: The bank is up to 6m wide, averages .5m high above external ground level and is composed of earth and some large stones.
What was found
The saved account records: Surrounded by the remains of a fosse and external bank, the caher rampart features internal terracing.
What remains
The saved account records: The level interior of the site is featureless apart from scatters of stone which are especially concentrated along the base of the wall.
Why it mattered
Cahersabane — Cathair Samháin matters because the source ties fairy fort / stone ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: A large section of the wall-face has collapsed at SE, where only the lowest terrace can now be discerned.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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