What is recorded here

Half-hidden beneath the Gaddagh's reach, the Killoughane ringfort kept its circular shape until river water finally erased it. People walked past a living boundary where human hands had shaped the earth, perhaps marking ownership, prayer, or warning. The flood did not destroy a dead thing; it completed a transformation, returning the fort to the fluid world that birthed it.

This site was located on low-lying land a short distance W of the Gaddagh river. On the second edition of the OS map it is marked as a circular enclosure. The site was discernible until about twenty years ago (local information), but occasional flooding has apparently resulted in its erosion. 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. 823. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killoughane, likely dating to the early medieval period, was once visible as a circular enclosure on low-lying land near the Gaddagh river. It is associated with local folklore surrounding fairy activity and was marked on the second edition of the Ordnance Survey map.

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