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Kerries West holds two forgotten forts, one buried under fields and memory. The second fort still stands partially hidden behind a farm fence, its walls broken but never erased. The underground passage waits beneath that lost ground, waiting for someone brave enough to stop asking permission and start watching the land breathe.

The precise location of the Man-made underground passage within a ringfort (KE028-090002-) within the townland of Kerries West has not been identified. According to the Minute Book of the Co. Kerry Field Club (Vol. 1, 02 November 1940, page 157) there are two forts within close proximity to one another in Kerries West. There is one known rath in the townland (KE028-090----). We do not know the location of the second 'old fort' (KE028-090002-) which was located to the 'rere of Barretts residence'. This possible rath which was partially levelled with only a portion remaining in the field fence when visited by the Kerry Field Club. However, the location of the fort was well known locally and the position of the Man-made underground passage (KE028-090003-) was pointed out to them. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 June 2022

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