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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Guhard South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Half a kilometre above the everyday world, a six-metre earthen wall still circles a space wide enough for thirty houses. The ditch curves like a broken bowl around the north and west, while a four-metre gap faces east as if waiting for someone to walk through. People may have lived there, watched weather come off the sea, or simply kept a boundary the land could remember.
Internal diameter 35m N-S, 36.6m E-W Situated on a rise, this site has a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. This univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank c6m wide, raised 1.2m above the interior and 2.8m above the fosse. The fosse, which is U shaped, is evident from the N through W to SE. It is 2.2m wide and 1.2m below the height of the surrounding land. A 4m wide gap to the E provides access to the interior. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 282. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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