What is recorded here

Castlequarter in County Kerry holds a rectangular earthwork eighty-two metres long and sixty-seven wide, its eastern bank broken for forty-five metres. Quinlan believed Beal castle occupied that space, a vast strong rampart surrounding buildings now lost. The soil still marks the shape, preserving the scale of a residence no longer visible.

Depicted on the 25-inch OS map (1892) as a large rectangular enclosure (82m N-S; 67m E-W) with a break (Wth 45m) in bank along E side. According to Quinlan (1943), 'the castle [Beal castle] must have been a very expansive building on the ground, surrounding the ruins are still enclosed by a rampart of great strength. It must have been 160ft in diameter at the time of occupation'. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 04 October 2013

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