What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen fort on a south-facing slope above the Glantrasna River, its steep outer bank still standing though the surrounding ditch has largely vanished. The eastern entrance opens onto a downsloping ramp, inviting entry into a space where stone faces the inside and soil faces the world. It is the kind of place where people may have kept cattle, hidden during storms or simply marked the edge of owned land. The valley below still gives it back some of what it overlookes.

In pasture, close to the edge of a terrace on a S-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Glantrasna River. An elevated circular area (25m N-S; 24.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 4.55m) which is faced internally by a stone wall (H 1.7m). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) with a downsloping ramp at E. Trees occur on the external sloping face of the bank. According to local information, an intervening fosse and outer bank existed here until recent times. This rath is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) and named 'Pound' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. A second rath (KE109-008001-) lies c. 100m to the W, on the opposite side of a tributary to the Glantrasna River. 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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