What is recorded here

No amount of magic explains the size of that fort, which measured 120 feet across and carried two heavy earth banks above a wide ditch. It stood north of Macgillycuddy’s Reeks with a round stone hut near its centre, large enough for real people, stock or tools, not a passing fairy trick. Then in the 1950s men levelled it completely, erasing the very ground they had once shaped.

On the seccond edition of the OS map this site is depicted as a circular bivallate enclosure, the outer bank of which was shown around the N sector of the site only. The original line of the S sector of this bank, however, is reflected in the strong curvature of the modern field boundary. The site was completely levelled during the 1950s, and no visible trace remains. It was located N of Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, W of the Gaddagh river. Cooke records that both banks were of earth and stone construction (1906, 10). The outer bank varied in height from 3 feet (1.1m) to 6 feet (1.8m) above external ground level, and the intervening fosse averaged 16 feet (4.9m) wide.The inner bank was up to 10 feet (3m) wide. The internal diameter of the rath was 120 feet (36.6m) N-S.Towards the centre of the site's interior was a poorly preserved, circular stone structure, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter. From this structure, which may have been a hut site (KE065-089001-), a low bank extended towards the site's enclosing element at E. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 675. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 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.