What is recorded here

No visible entrance, no obvious chamber, yet the ground holds a hollow shape that invites descent. The fort may have worn its cave inward, hiding the passage beneath grass and forgetting the entry. What is missing is not absence but transformation: a chamber becomes a field, a door becomes a ridge, a chamber becomes a story told through the shape of the land.

Internal diameter 28m N-S, 25m E-W This sub-circular cahir with Man-made underground passage is situated on pastureland which is gently sloping N. The enclosing stone bank, which is now covered by grass, rises to a maximum of .9m high above the interior and 1.4m above the external ground level. A 2.6m wide possible entrance to the N provides access to the interior. In the W sector of the interior is a raised area, .8m high. Within this raised area is a depression, 2.2m N-S, 2.6m E-W and .7m deep. Also, 2.6m NW of this feature is a smaller depression, 2m N-S and 1.8m E-W, which is contained within the enclosing bank. 'Cave' is marked on the 1841-42 OS map, so these depressions may represent the collapsed chambers of a Man-made underground passage (KE009-026001-). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 803. 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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