What is recorded here

Castlequin’s oval platform still holds its slope above Valencia Harbour, witnessing every boat and storm that passed below. Its truncated shape and faint stone bank suggest people shaped the land before modern fields cut through it. The nearby legend of a hidden passage invites imagination, though no tunnel has emerged to prove the claim.

This site is marked as a small circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS map, and is titled 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan. It is located on gentle sloping pasture on the N bank of the Valencia river and commands a view over Valencia Harbour to SW. It survives as an ovalshaped platform, truncated on its N side by a modern field boundary, and measures 8m N-S x 18m E-W in overall dimensions. A low indistinct stony bank, averaging 1m wide, marks its S and E sides and at S this stands 1.8m above surrounding ground level. A raised rectangular area, 18m x 9m, abuts the length of the site's exterior at S and incorporates rock outcrop in its composition at base. An opening to a Man-made underground passage (KE079-104001-) is locally reputed to occur close to a stream just W of the monument. 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. 720. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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