Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortavallig, County Kerry

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In rough pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope overlooking the Drimminboy and Croanshagh Rivers. An oval raised area (24.4m E-W; min. 18m N-S) is defined by a low and poorly preserved earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.6m) SE-NW and intermittently NW-SE. The bank is overgrown and impenetrable NW-NE. There is an intervening fosse (Wth 2m) SE-W, an outer bank (H 0.3m) WSW-W and an outer fosse (Wth 1.8m) WSW-W. All the outer enclosing elements are covered with blanket bog. Most of interior is impenetrable due to overgrowth and it is occupied by a children's burial ground (KE108-023----). There is a Man-made underground passage (KE108-023002-) in the N half of the interior. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE108-023001

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