What is recorded here

Enclosure in Cathair Bó Sine is a 26m earth mound in County Kerry, Ireland, still standing where first maps drew a circular wall and later maps drew a buried hill. Reeds mark a faint fosse along its south base, while dense growth hides the small stones and soil that built it. It sits near the foot of Lateevemore, above the valley where the Milltown river runs south to Dingle Harbour. People may have lived, hidden or remembered inside that ring before the field fences curved around its north half.

On the 1st edition of the OS map, this site is shown as a circular univallate enclosure. On the 2nd edition it is depicted as a mound, located in the N corner of a field, its N half defined by irregularly curving field fences. Its present condition is virtually the same as shown on the latter map. The mound is densely overgrown and is composed mainly of earth with some small stones. It measures c. 26m E-W and is raised an average of 1.5m above the surrounding ground level. A possible fosse skirts the base of the S half of the mound. This is marked by a 2m wide band of reeds and by a slight depression, a few cms deep. The site lies near the foot of the E slopes of Lateevemore, at the W side of the broad valley through which the Milltown river flows S to Dingle Harbour. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 641. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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