Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kineilty

In pasture on a gentle S-facing slope with wide views over Liscannor Bay to the S. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular rath (diams. 28m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1-3m; int. H 0.1-0.15m; ext. H 0.25-0.4m) which is topped by a modern stone wall from NW-NE-SE. Several piles of field clearance rubble lie along the perimeter of the site at W while at S a bank of rubble stone (Wth 1.6m) suggests that the enclosure may have been a stone cashel, a suggestion supported by the apparent absence of an enclosing fosse. A livestock track runs through the enclosing element at SE. The interior is slightly dished and, apart from some overgrowth on the perimeter, is generally free of such growth.

In pasture on a gentle S-facing slope with wide views over Liscannor Bay to the S. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular rath (diams. 28m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1-3m; int. H 0.1-0.15m; ext. H 0.25-0.4m) which is topped by a modern stone wall from NW-NE-SE. Several piles of…