What is recorded here

An Luachair holds a twenty-metre earthen ring on the SE slopes of Flemingstown mountain, watching the Emlagh river valley below. A field fence cuts through the site and conifers crowd the NE quarter, yet the bank still rises .85m inside and 1.4m out. The true entrance has vanished beneath modern breaks, leaving only two narrow gaps at NNE and SSW as possibilities. What lived there before the fence and trees arrived has gone quiet, but the circle remains complete enough to imagine someone walking it at dusk.

Internal diam. 20m This circular univallate rath is located on the SE slopes of Flemingstown mountain, overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. It is bisected SE-NW by a field fence and the NE portion contains a small plantation of coniferous trees. The earthen enclosing bank survives to a maximum height of .85m internally and 1.4m externally. It is not clear where the original entrance lay. Four breaks occur in the bank where the field wall enters and exits the site and these are probably modern. Either of the gaps at NNE and SSW may mark the original entrance. These are .9m and .6m wide respectively. There is no trace of the Man-made underground passage marked in the centre of the enclosure on the 1st edition of the OS map. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.