What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shinnagh (glanarought By.) stands on a hillock beside Cummeenbaun Mountain, its uneven circle marked by a low bank, scarp, fosse and outer bank. People may have lived there, fenced it, forgotten it or fed it with stories, while the land kept the shape intact.

In pasture, on a hillock, on the lower NW-facing slopes of Cummeenbaun Mountain. An elevated circular area (28m N-S; 27.2m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 5.65m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 3.55m) W-N and by a scarp (Wth 4.75m; H 3.35m) N-W. There is an intervening fosse (Wth 2.75m; D 0.4m) SW-NNE and an outer bank (Wth 2.6m; H 0.85m) W-NNE. The interior is uneven and partly obscured by trees and bushes. A wire fence (on an ENE-WSW axis) crosses the S sector. 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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