What is recorded here

Lacka East holds a thirty-eight-metre earthen ring where a collapsed underground chamber still lies beneath the soil. The bank rises two metres above the ground, guarding a long shallow passage that cuts toward a gap in the earth. People may have built the chamber for storage, ritual or refuge, while later stories renamed the whole circle a fairy fort. The field corner, passing stream and hidden chamber suggest a place where human ambition and local belief both still occupy the same ground.

Internal diameter 37.4m N-S, 38m E-W Situated in the corner of a field, a small stream runs W. This circular univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank, though to the E stone facing is evident. The enclosing bank is 2.4m high externally and 1.4m above the interior. The width of the bank at the base measures c 4m. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and contains the collapsed remains of a Man-made underground passage chamber (KE005-036001) and passage. The collapsed chamber is indicated by a depression 8m x 6m externally. Extending out from this depression in a SE direction is the possible passage, extending towards a 3m wide gap in the bank. The passage is 18m long x c 4m wide x .5m deep. Another gap exists in the bank to the S and is c3m wide. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 298. 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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