What is recorded here

Under the steep eastern slope above the Meennascarty river valley, a drystone passage waits inside a circular rath. Its narrow creepway forces a person to bend or crawl before opening into a square chamber, where another shadowed gap promises more. The walls lean slightly inward beneath lintelled roofing, shaping a small space large enough for one body and little else. However much of it has vanished or blocked up, the part still visible preserves the exact length and height needed for human movement.

Circular univallate rath KE036-050---- with Man-made underground passage situated on a fairly steep slope on the E side of the Meennascarty river valley. An excavation in the ESE sector has revealed portion of a drystone-built Man-made underground passage KE036-050001- now for the most part inaccessible. A short creepway at the SW end of a NE-SW running passage leads to an approximately square chamber, and an opening in the NW wall of this latter leads to a further passage or chamber. The passage is .85m wide and .81m high, but only 1.6m of its length is now visible and accessible. The walls incline inwards slightly towards the lintelled roof. The drystone-built creepway opening off its SW end wall is .7m long, .34m wide and a maximum of .34m high. The chamber is about 2m square and of drystone construction. The opening in the NW wall presumably leads to a further passage or chamber. The cultivation ridges on the surface stop short of the excavation, avoiding a sub-circular area c. 10m in diameter. This may be due to the proximity of the Man-made underground passage roofing slabs to the surface or it may indicate the former presence of a hut-site. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 433. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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