What is recorded here

Indicated is a small stone ringfort in County Kerry, Ireland, where a narrow southeast entrance still stands between upright slabs. Henry claimed in 1957 that the chamber hid an underground passage, but grass and forgetting have since swallowed the proof. The fort may have been a farmhouse, a refuge or a fairy trap, yet its stones still draw people toward the hidden door.

Internal diam. 17m N-S, 13m E-W This small, roughly circular caher is located in level pasture about 270m SE of KE098-067----. The enclosing wall, 1.5m wide, consists of a rubble core faced internally and externally with drystone masonry. This is poorly preserved, but survives to a maximum height of 1.1m. An entrance, .9m wide, is located at SE. Its sides are flanked with upright slabs, which stand up to .9m high. No features were identified in the overgrown interior, though Henry noted an entrance to a Man-made underground passage (KE098-072001-) here (1957, 139). 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. 617. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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