Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Keeas, County Kerry

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Internal diam. 21.05m N-S, 22.4m E-W This caher is located in pasture on the S facing slope of Beenbane, and affords broad views of the Bridia and Cloon valleys to E and S. The enclosing wall consists of a rubble core faced internally and externally with drystone masonry. It is poorly preserved at NE, but elsewhere survives up to 3.6m high and 3.8m wide. It is 1.3m high internally, and much collapse abuts its inner face at N. A 1.1m wide gap at SE seems to represent the original entrance. A gap at WNW, 1.5m wide, appears to be of recent origin. The rectangular outline of a hut (KE072-011001-) abuts the inner face of the enclosing feature at W. It measures 3m x 1.8m internally and features a 1.1m wide entrance at E. Just to SE is a pile of field clearance material. There is locally reputed to be an inaccessible Man-made underground passage at the site. Cork University Press (1996), no. 596.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE072-011

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