What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Farranmanagh, County Kerry: a levelled earthen ringfort, thirty metres across, on a south-facing pasture slope. A low rise and external fosse still mark its edge, while spring water skirts the ditch and the interior drains poorly toward the south. Three other raths sit within a few hundred metres, suggesting a small cluster of occupied or claimed ground rather than a lonely marker. People may have lived, stored, or argued here before the field swallowed the shape; the water and soil remember more than the grass admits.

In pasture, on a S-facing slope. This rath has been levelled and is evident as a circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a low rise (Wth 11m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.4m) SW-S. An external fosse (Wth 2.5m) is evident NNE-SE. The water from a nearby spring skirts the fosse externally. The interior slopes down to a poorly drained area in the S sector. Three other raths (KE057-013----, KE057-015----, KE057-016----) are c. 150m to the WSW, c. 30m to the E and c. 150m to the E, respectively. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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