What is recorded here

Indicated is a broken fairy fort in County Kerry where the northern half vanished decades ago, leaving only a southern earthen arc behind a garden shed. The missing ground may still hide an underground passage, waiting beneath soil that has forgotten the shape of the whole ring.

In pasture, on level ground. An arc of earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 1.9m; ext. H 2.6m) evident NE-W is the remains of a rath (diam. c. 38m). According to local information, the N half of the rath was levelled 'decades ago'. A field drain skirts the base of the bank, externally NE-WSW. Remnants of a breeze-block wall abut the bank externally at WSW. A garden shed abuts the bank externally at W. A small drystone wall extends N from the bank terminal at W. Mature tree grow along the bank. The S portion of the interior, which is now a garden, is raised (H 0.7m) to compensate for the hillslope. According to local information, a possible entrance was located at NNW, in a poorly drained area. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (KE057-114001-) in the levelled N half of the rath. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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