What is recorded here

Half-hidden beside the Inny river in County Kerry, this circular earthwork still stands with a drystone-edged bank and a narrow northeast gap that may have been its entrance. People have called it a fairy fort, yet its measured shape and solid construction suggest human hands built a defensible home or marker at the head of the valley. The fairies may belong only to legend, but the ring itself remains a visible claim on the land.

Internal diam. 21m N-S, 20m E-W This circular univallate rath is located on a small hillock a short distance S of the Inny river, and close to the head of its valley. The enclosing bank is faced with drystone masonry internally and externally and is largely of earthen construction. A line of trees grows on the crest of the bank which rises 2.2m above external ground level and falls 1.1m to the site's interior. The bank has a basal width of 4.2m. A gap at NE, 1.6m wide, may be the original entrance. The level interior of the rath is apparently featureless. 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. 536. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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