What is recorded here

Twenty-four feet across on a slight slope above the marsh, the ringfort at Imleach Dhún Séann still holds its shape despite modern walls swallowing half its circuit. Upright slabs face inward at the northwest and block the western gap, while two standing stones mark a small chamber in the centre where someone may have sat, hidden or waited. Local memory adds an underground passage now lost, suggesting the earth itself was shaped to carry people out of sight.

Internal diam. 24m A subcircular univallate rath situated on a very slight E facing slope, overlooking the level marshy land that surrounds Trabeg. The enclosure lies in the SE corner of a field and the S and E portions of the enclosing bank have been replaced by modern field walls. The bank around the remainder of the perimeter is up to 1.3m high. Part of its inner face at NW is faced with upright slabs. There are a number of breaks through the bank, the largest at W being 2.5m wide; the latter is partly blocked by an upright slab. A possible hut site in the centre of the interior is defined by 2 upright slabs and a few prostrate stones. The area enclosed measures 4m x 2m. A Man-made underground passage was formerly visible at the site (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 408. 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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