What is recorded here

Inidcated (1846) is a two-banked earthen rath in County Kerry, Ireland, set between mountains and overlooking Kenmare Bay. Its broad gravel banks still hold their shape in rough grazing land, while a waterlogged ditch and ill-defined southeast gap hint at the entrance people once used. Trees now crest the inner bank, softening the outline of a place that may have served as a stronghold, a boundary marker, or a dwelling touched by fairy belief.

Internal diam. 30.75m N-S, 32.25m E-W This bivallate rath is located between Knockanamadane and Derrygarriff mountains on the E side of the Tahilla river. It is situated in rough grazing land and overlooks Kenmare Bay to S. Trees grow on the crest of the inner bank, which is composed of earth and gravel with occasional large stones. This bank has an internal height of 1.3m at N and is flush with the level of the interior along the S half. It has a basal width of 5.6m and varies from 2.1m to 3.9m in external height. An ill-defined gap occurs at SE which may be the location of the original entrance. The fosse is 3.3m wide and is waterlogged at S. The outer bank is extant only from SE to N, and measures 1.8m high externally. It is up to 6.7m wide. The level interior of the rath is apparently featureless. 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. 516. 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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