What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballyreehan East is an earthen ringfort with a 48m internal diameter, its wide bank reduced to a broken ridge beside modern fieldbanks. A smaller oval rise sits near the centre, perhaps a house, shrine or burial place now indistinguishable from ordinary ground. The fort has lost most of its shape, but it still marks a time when people built boundaries large enough to be seen from a distance.

Internal diameter c. 48m N-S, 41m E-W This site is situated NE of KE016-070----, in the corner of the same field. It has been cut along the S and E side by fieldbanks, though a small section of the enclosing bank can be distinguished S of the fieldbank. The enclosing bank, much levelled and fairly broken up, is c 10m-14m wide and .8m high. In the centre of the interior is a raised oval shape, 8m N-S, 6m E-W and .6m high. It has a very gradual slope and is cut on the S side by the fieldbank running E-W. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 618. 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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