Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Cooragweanish, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. A circular area (24.7m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a drystone wall (T 1.5m; max. H 1.5m). The upper courses of the wall have been rebuilt and are narrower than the lower ones. The rebuilding has obscured the original entrance, though there are cattle-breaks (Wth c. 1m) at E, S and SW. The interior is overgrown and slopes gently down to the S. There are loose stones scattered around the cashel wall, both internally and externally. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-007

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