Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Monument

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Internal diameter 24m N-S This site is situated in the field behind the Presentation Convent in Lixnaw. This univallate rath is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS maps; on the earlier edition a fieldbank runs along the W sector in a NNW-SSE direction. This rath has been almost ploughed out and all that remains is a low, wide earthen bank which can be traced from the N through E to S. The bank is 8m-12m wide at the base and .4m high. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 646. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.