What is recorded here

West Kerry hides a breath-holding tunnel inside an ancient rath. Earth-cut walls and a curving roof slope downward through solid ground, dropping a person fourteen decimetres below the living world. Gorse still chokes the entrance, proving the land wants the passage forgotten.

In a rath (KE102-011----). A depression in the E half of the rath, obscured by gorse bushes, has a partially collapsed opening (Wth 1m; D 0.7m) which slopes down and leads underground to the NW. The floor of the Man-made underground passage is 1.4m below ground level. The side-walls and curving roof appear to be earth-cut. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.