What is recorded here

Thirty-eight metres across in low-lying Kerry pasture, the fort still wears two rings: an inner bank standing clear above its ditch and a ghost outer bank nearly erased by time. Cars pass on the road above while the old entrance faces southeast, waiting for footsteps that may have come and gone before memory. The fairness in its name is not decoration; it is the shape of what is missing, a circle complete enough to exclude everyone but generous enough to invite imagination.

Internal diameter 38m This bivallate rath is situated in low-lying pastureland immediately N of the main Ballybunnion-Listowel road. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank, fosse and outer bank. The outer bank has been much levelled and is barely distinguishable. It measures c 4m-c 7m in width at the base and .1m-.3m in height. The enclosing fosse, best preserved to the N to E and NW to SW, cannot be distinguished; elsewhere it measures c 4m in width. The inner enclosing earthen bank is more defined and measures 1.3m above the fosse and 1m above the interior. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land. The entrance would appear to lie to the SE and is 7m 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. 304. 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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