What is recorded here

Coombeg Fort in Ballymacprior is a roughly circular earthen ringfort with a 31m internal diameter and a 4.2m wide northeast entrance. Its bank stands 1.5m high externally and averages 1m wide before falling 0.75m into the interior. Local tradition claims a stone-built underground passage once existed within the rath, but it was quarried away. The lost passage suggests the fort may have hidden chambers or served purposes beyond a simple defensive enclosure.

Internal diam. 31m N-S, 29.4m E-W Coombeg Fort/Cúm Beag: This roughly circular rath is located 235m E of KE056-011----. The bank is 1.5m high externally, averages 1m wide and falls .75m to the site's interior. An entrance, 4.2m wide, is located at NE. A stone-built Man-made underground passage (KE056-012002-) is locally reputed to have been present in the rath, but it was quarried away. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 464. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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