What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Gortdromerillagh is a circular earth and stone ring about thirty metres across on a NE-facing pasture slope in County Kerry. Its bank stands one metre high outside, dips to twenty centimetres inside, and carries a possible narrow entrance at NNW while field boundaries still radiate from it. The slight external fosse along the SW arc and parallel drains crossing the west suggest people shaped the ground for living, draining or keeping out rain. Whatever it was built to hold, the ring still holds its shape beneath grass and overgrowth.

In pasture, on a NE-facing slope. A circular area (c. 32m N-S; c. 30.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.05m) which is covered with overgrowth. There is a possible entrance (Wth 3m) at NNW but a break (Wth 1m) in the bank at SE appears to be recent. A slight trace of an external fosse is evident along the SW arc. The interior is under long grass and slopes down to the NE. Parallel N-S drains (Wth c. 0.6m; D c. 0.4m) cross the W sector. There is a possible Man-made underground passage opening (KE048-077001-) in the bank at NE. Field boundaries radiate from the bank at N, E, SW and NW. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.