
What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on a level terrace, overlooking Cloonee Lakes and Kenmare Bay. A circular area (diam. 8.5m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.3m) SW-NW and along the NE arc. Traces of stones protrude intermittently E-SW above the surface of the bog.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
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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