What is recorded here
Internal diameter 24m N-S, 32m E-W
This site is situated on top of a hill, with excellent views in all directions. About 5m E of this site lies a quarry. The W side is cut by a fieldbank running in a NE-SW direction. This univallate rath has been much levelled and distorted. All that remains today is a sub-oval raised area which is on average 2.2m above the external ground level. To the SW an enclosing bank can be identified for c 14m; it is c 9m wide and .6m high. The interior is sloping SE.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 648. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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