What is recorded here

One chamber, one roof stone, seven metres of forgotten depth. The passage lies north to south inside the rath, narrow enough for a person to brush both walls. Build that small and the effort becomes obvious: cut, carry, fit, bury, remember. The missing roof did not disappear in a day. It left a hole, the hole dropped stones, the stones blocked the mouth, and the chamber waited in darkness. A person may have stood at that mouth, held a flame, and watched the light stop. The chamber is still there under the grass, denied only by the weight of years.

Centrally located in the interior of the rath are the poorly preserved remains of a drystone-built Man-made underground passage (KE079-052002-), marked by a 7.5m long depression, aligned N-S. Only one lintel remains in situ and the accessible portion of the passage measures 1.65m long and 1.08m wide. 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. 479. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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