What is recorded here

Four fields south-west of the first ringfort, a man-made underground passage still breathes beneath the earth. The 1842 map called it a cave, and the surviving mounds, ridge and broken bank suggest people shaped that place rather than merely finding it. In a county where kitchens, cellars and hidden stairs belong in every house, this is the kind of doorway that makes you imagine someone living below the field, not beside it.

Situated four fields SW of KE014-023----, univallate ringfort KE014-065---- consists of a large circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank of earth and stone. In the NE-E sector of the interior are two semi-circular mounds curving in towards the bank. The NE one would appear to have a 1.8m wide opening to the S. About 4.5m SW of the second enclosure is a small mound, 1.7m x 2.8m. Extending out of this and curving N for c 10m is a depression 3.8m wide. Drystone walling is evident. At the end of this ridge is another small mound, 2.4m x 3m. In the SE sector just S of the ridge is another mound, 2.6m x 3m. These features could be the remains of the Man-made underground passage (KE014-065001-) marked as 'cave' on the 1842 OS map. In the SW sector there is a large semi-circular enclosure curved in towards the bank. It possibly had an opening to the NW, where there is a slight break in the bank, and both ends curve inwards. A possible c 4m wide entrance lies to the SW. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 475. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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