Enclosure in Beginish (iveragh By.)

A series of four shallow circular depressions is located on the SE edge of Beginish Island, midway between Cruppaunroe and Canroe, just below the last modern field boundary. Two depressions at N occur 2.4m apart and a further two, located 12m to S, are set 6m apart. (1) KE079-057----; The depression at NW measures 3.75m N-S x 3.4m E-W in diameter and its flat-bottomed interior occurs .3m below surrounding ground level. It is the best preserved of the four features. (2) KE079-057001-; The NE depression measures 3.3m N-S x 3.2m E-W and its flat-bottomed interior occurs .24m below surrounding ground level. Its E side is defined by a low bank, which averages .65m wide and .2m in external height. (3) KE079-057002-; The SE depression is poorly defined and has an overall diameter of 2.9m. Its interior is largely filled with beach stones. (4) KE079-057003-; The SW depression measures 3m N-S x 3.2m E-W in diameter and its saucer-shaped interior is .25m below surrounding ground level. Remnants of a possible bank occur along its S edge. 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. 1478. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.