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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Acres (corkaguiny By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Knocknanacree still holds a broken circular rath in Acres, its earthen bank reduced to barely a metre high after centuries of weather and human interference. A field wall now cuts cleanly through the middle of the enclosure, dividing what may have been a home, shrine or meeting place into two ordinary farm compartments. The entrance gap at the north east remains narrow enough to picture someone stepping through deliberately, past a single standing stone on one side, into a space small enough for familiar lives.
Internal diam. 21m N-S, 24m E-W. This roughly circular univallate rath lies on the lower N slopes of Knocknanacree. It is bisected NW-SE by a field wall and no other features are visible in the interior. The earthen enclosing bank is a maximum of 1.1m high. The entrance gap at NE is 1.5m wide and its N side is defined by a single stone. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 284. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

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