What is recorded here

Thirty paces across at the throat of the Dingle valley, the fort holds its shape while fields and memory lean against it. A collapsed passage still lies hidden beneath the grass, and a lost coin from James II once fell through that dark mouth. The fairies may have taken the gold, but they left the hole behind.

Internal diam. 21.5m E-W, 20m N-S A circular univallate rath situated at the head of the valley that extends S from Ballynasare to Minard beach. The bank has been levelled along the E sector and has virtually disappeared along the S side. Elsewhere it is a maximum of 1.75m high externally and .75m high internally and is 2.25m wide. The fosse is discernible only along the S sector where it is protected by the field fence which skirts its outer edge here. It is 2m wide and c. 1.25m deep. There is a 3.75m wide entrance gap at SW. A 5m wide break in the bank at WNW may be secondary. A number of depressions and holes in the interior appear to be the remains of a Man-made underground passage, now collapsed. A brass shilling of James II was discovered in a Man-made underground passage in a rath in this townland (O'Sullivan 1931, 414). Apart from the possible Man-made underground passage at this site, one was also discovered in another ringfort (KE044-100----) in the townland, and it is not known in which of the two the shilling was found. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 446. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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