What is recorded here

An Gabhlán Thoir holds a disturbed ringfort where two huts abut the southern bank, the western chamber measuring four metres across and the eastern reaching eight. Their conjoined outlines survive beneath confusion, while two unexplained mounds stretch north like forgotten suggestions. The site resists clean description, preserving instead the messy truth that human hands shaped, abandoned and half-erased the land.

The remains of univallate ringfort KE044-086---- are considerably disturbed and confused. The outlines of a pair of circular, conjoined huts (KE044-086001- KE044-086002-) can be traced directly inside and abutting the S bank. The W hut measures c. 4m in diameter internally and is enclosed by a low stony bank c. 0.6m high and 2m wide. The outline of the E hut is less clear but it appears to be about 8m in overall diameter. Two parallel mounds extend N from these huts but their origin is not clear. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 453. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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