What is recorded here

Sixteen feet inside the southern bank of a double-walled rath on Croaghskearda, a dug passage cuts through wet earth beside a standing clochaun. Two shallow channels still radiate southwest from the bank, perhaps marking water flow or foot traffic long forgotten. The chamber may have served as a hiding place, a storage pit, or a ceremonial entrance during storms when the pastureland drowned. Whatever it was, someone shaped the living soil with deliberate hands and left no name behind.

Roughly circular bivallate rath KE044-076---- is situated in poorly-drained pastureland on the S slopes of Croaghskearda. A clochaun (KE044-076001-) and Man-made underground passage (KE044-076002-) have been recorded in the interior. Curran noted a Man-made underground passage about 16 feet (4.8m) from the inner face of the bank at S. Two channels or depressions which radiate out from the bank at SW may be related to this. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 454. 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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