What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen fort on a south-facing Kerry slope, its narrow north entrance still cutting through grass and memory. The southern ground rises slightly to balance the hill, while a hidden limekiln and rectangular structure wait beneath the scarped edge. Cattle may have grazed the bank for centuries, smoothing human angles into landscape. What was built there first has surrendered its name, but the shape remains: a room without walls, holding more absence than it holds air.

In pasture, on a S-facing slope. A circular area (21.4m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) ENE-E, by a scarp (H 3m) E-SW and by a more recent earthen field boundary (T 1m; H 1m) SW-ENE. The field boundary, with the remains of stone facing, is grass-covered. A shallow fosse is visible NW-N. The present entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at N. A relatively recent rectangular structure, on a WNW-ESE axis, is built into the scarp at SE and the remains of a limekiln are evident as a semicircular stone structure (diam. 2m; H 1.2m) at SSW. Both of these structures are indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. The S portion of the rath is raised to compensate for the hillslope. Trees and bushes grow along the perimeter at E. 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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