What is recorded here

Dooneen holds two ancient raths beside the Ferta river, but the underground passage recorded there has vanished from sight. H Ua Riain measured the smaller circle in 1927 and noted the hidden way on its east side, yet neither feature can be identified now. The land has taken back what people made, leaving only the river, the pasture and the memory of a entrance that once broke the earth.

Two adjoining univallate raths are located in sloping pastureland on the edge of an old meander scarp of the Ferta river, which flows to S. A small stream runs between the two sites and the enclosing elements on both sides of this are somewhat eroded. A field wall overlies and obscures the S sector of the bank of the rath at W. H Ua Riain noted a ‘smaller circle’ (KE070-049001-) in it, located close to the bank at W and measuring 19 feet (5.8m) in diameter (1927). He also recorded an inaccessible Man-made underground passage (KE070-049002-) located on the E side of this probable hut site. Neither feature can now be identified. 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. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

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