What is recorded here

Carrigafoyle conceals a pear-shaped enclosure that resists human mapping yet surrenders to aerial photography. The earth rises merely sixty centimeters above the surrounding soil, forming a shallow boundary that fieldbanks now cut through on the south and east. It remains invisible to modern survey instruments but emerges clearly when viewed from above, suggesting human hands shaped the landscape before forgetting their own work.

This irregularly shaped enclosure is not marked on the OS maps, but it does show up clearly on aerial photographs taken by the Survey in 1987, where it appears as an unusual pear shape. Very difficult to determine on the ground, it measures 37.6m N-S and rises to .6m high. It is cut on the S and E sides by fieldbanks, thus making measurements difficult to obtain. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1020. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

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