Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Deelis (corkaguiny By.),foilatrisnig

Internal diam. c. 31m Caherbaun/An Chathair Bhán: A roughly circular cashel situated on a N facing slope near the foot of the mountain ridge overlooking Tralee Bay. The site is densely overgrown and the interior could not be inspected in any great detail. The enclosing wall is for the most part represented by a substantial bank of grass-grown collapse averaging 5m in width and up to 1.8m high. An 8m long stretch of the inner wall face stands to a maximum height of 1.7m at SSE; no other definite section of the wall face is visible. In the N quadrant the band of collapse is retained externally by drystone masonry, 1.8m high. This marks the townland boundary and is similar in construction to the field walls which radiate from the site at NW and NE; it is probably of relatively recent construction though it may follow the line of the original outer face. The wall has been entirely removed in the W quadrant and the original entrance may have been located in this section. A confused gap at S is possibly secondary. The Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 646-7; 1946, 657; 1953) recorded a number of huts or chambers contained within the thickness of the enclosing wall. One which had been destroyed when the W wall was removed was described to them as circular, corbelled and about 5 feet (c. 1.5m) in diameter. The present landowner described one in the SE section of the wall as about 3 foot (c. 0.9m) square with a flagged roof. These are not now discernible. The Field Club also noted the foundations of a large circular hut in the interior. This was about 12 feet (c. 3.6m) in diameter and there were 'indications of souterrains' within it. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 565. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013