What is recorded here

Fairy forts are usually small, but this one measured thirty-two metres across in a marshy Kerry field. It had a broad earthen bank, an outside ditch and possibly a stone-lined entrance to the east. People may have lived there, guarded stock or simply marked the boundary between human land and wet, uncertain ground. The plough erased the ring later, yet the scale still resists the usual fairy label.

Internal diameter 32.7m NW-SE This circular univallate rath is situated in a corner of a very marshy field. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a bank and exterior fosse. The enclosing earthen bank is c 4m wide at the base and rises to .6m high externally and .4m internally. The external fosse encloses the whole site, except to the SE and NW, and is 2.6m wide and .4m deep. The entrance possibly lies to the E. It was perhaps stone lined, as numerous stones are visible. This site since it was visited in 1990 for a preliminary inspection has been completely ploughed out. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 587. 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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