What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Flemingstown, County Kerry: a circular earthen ringfort, 23.6m across, with two rectangular house remains inside. Its bank stands 1.7m high on the uphill side and 2.1m on the downhill side, while one section has been lost except for a scarp. People may have lived there beneath Flemingstown mountain, moving between the two small houses and using the ridge as a boundary for fields.

Internal diam. 23.6m A circular univallate rath situated on a NW facing slope near the foot of Flemingstown mountain. The level interior is enclosed by a single earthen bank and contains the remains of 2 rectangular house sites. The bank reaches its maximum internal height of 1.7m on the S, uphill side and its maximum external height of 2.1m on the downhill side, at NW. For a short distance at N the bank has been removed and the site is defined only by a scarp, the interior being raised above the external ground level on this downhill side. The NE part of the bank doubles as a field boundary and the stone facing along its inner face here probably relates to this secondary use. It is not clear which of the 4 breaks in the bank represents the original entrance. The house-sites lie end to end in a SSE-NNW alignment, the N house abutting the ringfort bank at N. N house: The remains consist of a raised rectangular platform, very slightly hollowed in the interior. It is 5.5m long, 4.4m wide and .4m high. S house: This lies 2m S of the N house site and consists also of a raised rectangular platform. It is 5.4m long, at least 2.8m wide, and .3m high. Its N and E limits are unclear. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 422. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.