What is recorded here
Duagh holds a circular rath on open ground where a stone hut once stood. The hut has mostly vanished into loose stones, but an L-shaped underground passage still cuts through the earth beside the remains. That much of the building is gone while the hidden passage survives suggests the site was never only a home. It may have been a place for descent, memory or ritual, with the chamber above serving the journey below.
Univallate rath KE036-028 enclosing a well-preserved Man-made underground passage KE036-028001- and traces of a stone hut KE036-028002-. It is situated on fairly level ground with good open views in all directions.
The Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 647) noted the outline of a circular stone hut site (KE036-028002-) in the interior. This lies a little N of centre, but is now represented only by a spread of loose stones. However, the L-shaped Man-made underground passage (KE036-028001-) which opened from inside the hut-site is still preserved.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 405. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
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