What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Baile Na Saor Íochtarach is a destroyed Kerry ringfort whose faint crop mark still traces a 44m circle on a slope facing southeast. Ashe (1954) called it bivallate and reported a large underground passage, though no outer bank remains visible. The road, ploughs and time have taken most of what the earth once held, leaving only a ghost line in the fields and a name that suggests something smaller, cleverer and less honest than a human fortress.

This roughly circular ringfort has been almost completely destroyed. The outlines of the bank and fosse are still vaguely discernible as a crop mark. The enclosure appears to have been about 44m in overall diameter and the bank was about 4m wide at base. Ashe (1954) described the site as bivallate but there is no trace now of an outer bank. He also noted a large Man-made underground passage. The site lies close to the N side of the main Dingle to Anascaul road, on a SE facing slope with good views in all directions. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 629. 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.