What is recorded here

Half a metre wide and barely two palms deep, the largest opening in the Glancuttaun Upper fort stares out like a locked drawer. Nobody knows whether it hid grain, people or gods, but the small holes along the inside wall suggest a chamber built to keep something out as much as to hold something back. The fort still stands on the Iveragh peninsula, waiting for someone brave enough to crawl through and ask what it was saving.

the site is remembered locally as a 'fort' and is reputed to contain a Man-made underground passage (KE064-016001-). The Man-made underground passage may be evidenced by a number of small inaccessible openings which mark the interior of the site, the largest of which measures .5m x .2m. 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. 673. 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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