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Internal diam. 25.8m.
This circular univallate rath with souterrain is situated on the N slopes of the low ridge that extends W from Flemingstown mountain. A sunken laneway skirts the outer edge of the bank along most of the S half of the enclosure and the external height of the bank here is 2.2m. The remainder of the bank varies from c. 1m to 1.4m in external height, from c. 0.5m to 1.6m in internal height, and it is c. 2.2m wide at base. A 1.45m long section of the inner face at ENE is revetted with drystone masonry to a height of .7m. A 3.9m long section of the outer face at NNW is also revetted with drystone walling but this feature is not visible elsewhere. It is not clear which of the 2 ill-defined gaps at N represent the original entrance. A rectangular depression in the NE part of the interior marks the site of a souterrain which was accessible within living memory.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 303. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 6 August 2013
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