What is recorded here

Clear field, shallow slope, one unbroken ring. The fort is not a distant ruin but a living edge: a broad earth bank, two visible gaps, and two long stone mounds inside. People may have lived there, tended animals, or simply marked the boundary between owned land and open memory. The fairy name does not dismiss the facts; it warns that the place still resists complete explanation.

Internal diameter 26m N-S, 27m E-W This univallate ringfort is situated in a large pastoral field which is sloping S. It consists of a circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The enclosing bank is on average 6m wide at the base and rises to 1.4m externally and .8m-1.2m internally. Two main gaps are to be noticed: to the NW measuring c 4m wide and to the E, which is c 3m wide. The opening to the E displays a lot of stones and may be the original stone-lined entrance. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land, and in its W sector are two elongated mounds displaying a lot of stones. The N mound measures 6.4m x 2.8m externally, while the one c 1.6m to the S measures 6m x 4m; they are possibly the remains of a house site (KE015-018001-). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 519. 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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