What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Ballyhennessy, County Kerry, is a 34-metre earthen ringfort marked on maps from 1841 and 1914. Ploughs and time have levelled most of it, leaving only a low wide bank from north to east and a faint outer ditch. What remains is not a complete fortress but a broken circle, large enough to have held lives, tools and fear of the dark.

Internal diameter 34m E-W This circular univallate rath is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS maps. Today it has been much levelled and only the W through N to E sector survives, mainly as a raised area, though from the N to E a low wide bank is visible. It is c 14m wide and 1m-3.5m high. A slight trace of an exterior fosse can be traced from the N to NE where it is 5m wide and .4m deep. No surface trace of the remainder of the site can be seen. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 606. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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