What is recorded here
No trace remains today, although the 1842 map still draws the circular enclosure near Dromatoor. The fort vanished before the 1916 survey, perhaps swallowed by soil or forgotten by people. Fairy forts often hide or change, suggesting the earth itself rejected human memory. What disappeared may have been a house, a boundary marker or a child's game repeated until it became true.
This circular enclosure appears on the 1842 OS map and is situated ENE of KE014-056----. It does not appear on the 1916 edition and no trace remains today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 480. 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Ballyheige Castlecountry house · 1035 yd
Our Lady's Holy WellSpring · 1.1 mi
Saint Mary's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1.5 mi
Maulin MountainMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Triskbeg MountainMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Site of Ballingarry CastleCastle, unclassified · 3.0 mi
Banna StrandBeach / strand · 4.3 mi