What is recorded here

Half-hidden under grass and scrub on a rise above the Roughty River, the fairy fort in Churchground keeps its shape less through pride than through forgetfulness. People may have lived there, feared there, or simply stopped clearing the land because the round bank seemed better left alone. Its broken ring and raised floor still mark the edge of human use, even when the name becomes myth.

In undulating pasture, on a rise, overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. A circular area (23.7m E-W; 22.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.75m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) SSW-N, by a low earthen bank with intermittent breaks N-ENE and by a low scarp ENE-SSW. The bank is covered in overgrowth. Field-clearance rubble has been dumped against the bank externally. The interior is raised (H 1m) above the external ground level to compensate for the hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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