What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen fort on a Kerry hillock above the Glantrasna River, preserving a rare underground passage inside its shaded pasture. The neat ramp, double banks and hidden passage suggest more than abandoned farm work. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before the trees closed over the stones.

In pasture, on top of a hillock, near the N bank of the Glantrasna River. An elevated circular area (28.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 3.15m) SW-NNW and NNE-E, and elsewhere by a scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 2.7m). There is an intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.35m) ESE-W and an outer bank (Wth 2.15m; H 0.8m) ESE-SW. The entrance (Wth 2m), with a downsloping ramp, is at NE and there is also a gap in the enclosing bank at NW. The level interior is shaded by deciduous trees. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (KE109-007001-) in the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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