What is recorded here

Doire Fhionáin Beag holds a broken stone ring beside a larger fort, separated only by a narrow stream on the southern slopes of Cahernageeha. Its wall once averaged three and a half metres across, but collapse has scattered much of that structure across the knoll and buried the facing stones under loose rock. The two forts stand close enough to suggest one lived world rather than two abandoned shapes, yet the smaller one has given so much back to the hill that its purpose now depends on imagination as much as measurement.

Internal diam. 21.4m N-S, 22.7m E-W. This poorly preserved caher, located on a rocky knoll on the lower S slopes of Cahernageeha mountain, is separated by a stream from the larger Caherdaniel stone fort (KE106-063001-) which is located 130m to E. Its enclosing wall is severely denuded and much collapse occurs internally and along the sides of the knoll. Its stone facing is only visible intermittently, and appears to have been composed internally of thin slabs and externally of larger block-like slabs set in random courses. The wall averages 3.5m wide and is preserved to a maximum internal height of 1.4m at N. The level interior of the caher features a large scatter of loose stone and low irregular stony mounds which form no discernable pattern. A modern stone wall occurs in its NE quadrant. 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. 573. 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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