What is recorded here

An Fhothrach Mhór holds a broken earthen ring overlooking the Lispole valley, its northern bank still standing two metres high while the southern edge hides inside a later field wall. The shallow ditch and narrow ledge suggest a deliberate boundary rather than a random mound, perhaps marking a home, a shrine, or a contested corner of ancient land. People may have entered through the damaged southeast gap, carrying breath, argument, or prayer into the oval dark.

Internal diam. 24m ENE-WSW, 19.8m N-S This roughly oval univallate rath lies on a N facing slope overlooking the Lispole valley. The earthen enclosing bank survives only around the NW half of the enclosure. It is .75m high internally and 2m high externally. A very shallow fosse, 2m wide and less than .4m deep, is also faintly discernible and it is separated from the base of the bank by a 2m wide ledge. The SE half of the site is enclosed by a drystone-built field wall which probably preserves the line of the original bank. Access to the interior is provided by gaps between the wall and bank at N and SW, but the original entrance was probably located in the destroyed SE section of the bank. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 425. 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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