
What is recorded here
Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure (c. 39m N-S; 42m E-W) on the OS 6-inch map (1914) with a break in bank at NE (Wth c. 13m). This site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as 'Kyle burial ground'. Today, this site has been much levelled, and all that remains is a roughly rectangular mound, measuring 20m N-S x 45m E-W. The external height of the bank measures a maximum of .6m. E of this site lies a ringfort (KE002-029----).
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 841. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 October 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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