What is recorded here
Fairy fort and earthen ringfort in Tonaknock, County Kerry, Ireland. A small circular enclosure, mapped in 1841-42, gone by 1916. Earth took back what people shaped.
This small circular enclosure lies to the S of KE015-109---- and is also marked on the 1841-42 OS map. It does not appear on the 1916 edition and no trace survives today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 594. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Burnt spread in BallyhenryBurnt spread · 343 yd
CrossCross, High cross · 793 yd
Ballymacaquinn Castle (remains of)Castle · 1544 yd
Church in Kilcooly NorthChurch · 1.6 mi
Kilflynn Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3.6 mi
Tobar na MoltSpring · 3.9 mi
Ardfert Franciscan FriaryVisitor information · 4.5 mi
Ardfert FriaryVisitor information · 4.5 mi
15th Centenary of the birth of St-BredanMemorial · 4.8 mi