What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Baile Na Saor Íochtarach is a bivallate rath in County Kerry, Ireland. Its inner bank still stands 2.65m above the fosse, though the outer northern bank has largely disappeared. The causewayed entrance at SE leaves gaps of 2m and 5.5m, inviting entry into a space where human hands and fairy tale both claim the same earth.

Internal diam. 16.8m E-W, 15.5m N-S A roughly circular bivallate rath situated in the large triangle of land that lies S of the Dingle to Anascaul road, between 2 streams which flow S to Minard. The outer bank was formerly continuous (2nd edition OS map), but has now been removed along the N side of the enclosure. The SW section is used and maintained as a field boundary and is therefore more substantial than the SE section which is .8m high externally and 1.6m high above the base of the fosse. The inner bank rises 2.65m above the fosse and 1.1m above the interior. Its inner flank is faced with drystone masonry, now considerably collapsed. Access to the interior is by means of a causewayed entrance at SE, the gaps in the inner and outer banks being 2m and 5.5m wide respectively. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 342. 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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