What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular fairy fort on the south slopes of Farraniaragh mountain, overlooking Darrynane Bay in County Kerry. Its drystone wall still stands about a metre and a half high, though collapse and overgrowth have swallowed much of the original form. A rectangular stone scatter inside may mark the foundation of a small hut, while local story claims an underground passage still hides somewhere beneath the terrace. Neighbouring houses took stone from the caher, leaving it diminished but unchanged in purpose: a place set apart on the mountain edge, waiting to be seen again.

Internal diam. 19m N-S, 19.6 E-W This severely denuded circular caher is located on a terrace on the S slopes of Farraniaragh mountain, overlooking Darrynane Bay to S. Overgrowth conceals much of the site and collapse abuts the external face of its enclosing wall. This is constructed of drystone masonry, its inner and outer facing enclosing a rubble core. It is 1.3m wide and is preserved to a maximum height of 1.5m. A gap in the wall at SE, through which a trackway runs, may mark the location of the original entrance. The interior of the caher is filled with a scatter of loose stone, heavily concentrated in a rectangular area at E. This measures 3.7m x 3.5m, and may represent the foundations of a rectangular hut (KE106-051001-). A Man-made underground passage (KE106-051002-) is locally reputed to exist at this site, but its exact location could not be determined. Stone from the caher was used in the building of nearby houses (local information). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 584. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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