What is recorded here

Indicated (1846) is a lost ringfort in County Kerry, Ireland, where a collapsed underground passage still holds its shape beneath level pastureland. The narrow drystone chamber aligns northeast to southwest, with loose upright slabs leaning against its walls and small blocked openings at each end. It is easy to imagine people crawling through that dark tube, listening for water or breath, before the roof fell and the fort disappeared from memory.

A circular enclosure is marked on the first edition of the OS map at this location, in an area of level pastureland that otherwise slopes down S towards Lough Currane. No surface trace of the enclosure survives, but a collapsed section of a Man-made underground passage (KE089-052----) passage is present. Measuring 2.8m long, it is aligned NE-SW and most of its roofing lintels have collapsed. The passage averages 1m deep and 1m wide. Its drystone walls are well-constructed of horizontal coursing and corbel slightly inwards towards roofing level. Five upright slabs flank the side-walls of the passage, three at NW and two at SE, but are not bonded into the walls. The passage narrows at both ends, and a small lintelled opening occurs at the base of the NE end-wall. Measuring .2m high and .55m wide, it is largely blocked by collapse. A similar, though less well-defined opening, occurs in the SW end-wall, which is largely obscured with collapse. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 670. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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