What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined fairy fort in County Kerry, Ireland, where a children's burial ground still occupies the overgrown centre. The earthen bank has mostly collapsed under blanket bog, but a man-made underground passage remains hidden in the northern half. The fort overlooks the Drimminboy and Croanshagh Rivers, suggesting it was built to face water, life and death alike.

In rough pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope overlooking the Drimminboy and Croanshagh Rivers. An oval raised area (24.4m E-W; min. 18m N-S) is defined by a low and poorly preserved earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.6m) SE-NW and intermittently NW-SE. The bank is overgrown and impenetrable NW-NE. There is an intervening fosse (Wth 2m) SE-W, an outer bank (H 0.3m) WSW-W and an outer fosse (Wth 1.8m) WSW-W. All the outer enclosing elements are covered with blanket bog. Most of interior is impenetrable due to overgrowth and it is occupied by a children's burial ground (KE108-023----). There is a Man-made underground passage (KE108-023002-) in the N half of the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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