What is recorded here
Lomanagh holds two earthworks, one smaller rath joined to the south side of a larger neighbour and set slightly lower, forming a paired defensive shape rather than a lonely circle. Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded that arrangement in the 1930s, but the precise spot has since slipped from local knowledge. The name Fairy fort may reflect more imagination than measurement, yet the physical description remains clear: two rings, one beneath the other in elevation, built to be seen and used as a single place.
In the 1930s, Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded a small rath which was joined to the S side of, and on a lower elevation to, another rath (KE094-038----) (KAS). The precise location of this rath is not known.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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