What is recorded here

No visible chamber exists inside the ring, yet a hidden L-shaped passage beneath the fort connects its south and east sides. The missing chamber is not lost; it has simply moved underneath the hill. The fort is a chamber that breathes through soil rather than a room that waits to be entered.

Internal diam. 13m This small univallate rath lies on a SE facing slope overlooking Dingle Harbour. The bank is 1m high externally and .6m high internally. The entrance at S has recently been widened. The only features visible in the interior are 2 depressions which occupy its SE sector, but a narrow opening in the outer face of the bank, directly E of the entrance, provides access to an L-shaped drystone-built Man-made underground passage. The opening lies between 2 of the roofing slabs of a passage which runs northwards for 3.5m and then eastwards for 2.25m. The passage is .7m wide and up to 1.2m high and is roofed by 7 flat slabs. The easternmost roofing slab has collapsed inwards and this collapse may be marked on the surface by the southernmost of the 2 depressions. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 493. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

A small univallate fairy fort (ringfort/rath) on a south-east facing slope overlooking Dingle Harbour, likely dating to the early medieval period. Local folklore associates such sites with the fae, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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