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Internal diam. 13m
This small univallate rath lies on a SE facing slope overlooking Dingle Harbour. The bank is 1m high externally and .6m high internally. The entrance at S has recently been widened.
The only features visible in the interior are 2 depressions which occupy its SE sector, but a narrow opening in the outer face of the bank, directly E of the entrance, provides access to an L-shaped drystone-built souterrain. The opening lies between 2 of the roofing slabs of a passage which runs northwards for 3.5m and then eastwards for 2.25m. The passage is .7m wide and up to 1.2m high and is roofed by 7 flat slabs. The easternmost roofing slab has collapsed inwards and this collapse may be marked on the surface by the southernmost of the 2 depressions.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 493. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
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