Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cill Na Gcolmán

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What is recorded here

The first edition of the OS map shows a circular enclosure at this location. No surface trace remains of the site, but it is remembered locally as a 'fort' from which stones were removed for building roads in the 1950s. A possible Man-made underground passage (KE088-003001-) is associated with the site. It was located in pasture with a broad view across low-lying land to W. 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. 677.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE088-003

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