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Internal diameter 41m N-S, 38m E-W
Rathoran/Ráth Odhráin (ringfort of Odhrán (personal name)). This univallate rath, situated in the corner of a field, is bounded to the NE and S-SW by a fieldbank, and from N through W to S a stream curves around the exterior. An oval-shaped inner area is enclosed by an earthen bank which is on average 7m wide at the base. It rises to a maximum of 2.2m externally and 1.6m above the interior. 'Cave' (KE017-014001-) is marked on the 1841-42 OS map, and in the interior are three mounds which lie in a NE-SW direction. The NE mound (KE017-014002-) is 1.2m x 1m and .2m high, the largest and central mound lies 1m to the SW and is 4.2m x 4.4m and .4m high, while the SW mound is 2m x 1.8m and .6m in height.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 659. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
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