What is recorded here

Meadow grass still carpets the broken ring where cattle have torn through the earth for centuries. The fort is large enough to walk across, yet shallow enough that nobody knows whether it housed a family, a herdsman or a forgotten god. It sits on a gentle slope in Acres, waiting for someone to stop measuring it and start listening.

Internal diameter 32m N-S, 30m E-W This circular univallate rath is situated on gently sloping land. The enclosing earthen bank is up to 1.2m high externally and .6m above the interior, with the width of the bank at the base 5m on average. The fosse encloses most of the site except to the NW and SE; elsewhere it appears as a low, flat- bottomed depression measuring c 3m in width and .6m below the surrounding land. Numerous cattle breaks exist in the earthen bank, but no definite entrance can be noted. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 150. 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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