What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on the lower slopes of Derrynacaheragh in County Kerry, Ireland. Its earthen bank circles rough pasture, breaks at three places, and hides a man-made underground passage in the east half. People may have lived there, feared what lived there, or simply passed along the farm road that skirts its west arc.

In rough pasture, on the lower S-facing slopes of Derrynacaheragh. A circular area (20.5m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m). The bank is faced internally with stone N-E and SE-W, and is obscured by field-clearance debris NW-N. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at SE and there are further gaps in the bank at E and W. A farm road skirts the bank externally along the W arc and a river winds around the bank externally NE-SE. There is a Man-made underground passage (KE102-057001-) in the E 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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