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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Drombohilly Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Half a mile above the river, a hidden ringfort sleeps beneath the pasture. O'Connell marked it in the 1930s, but Ó Cíobháin found only a ghost of a ridge and a forgotten passage. The earth has swallowed the wall, leaving behind a hollow where a household once defied the sky.
In pasture, on an elevation, on a W-facing slope overlooking a river valley. B. Ó Cíobháin recorded a rath and Man-made underground passage at this location (SMR file). This possible rath is not visible at ground level. This is probably one of the three raths recorded in Drombohilly Lower/Upper in the 1930s, by Capt. D. B. O'Connell (KAS). 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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