What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Slaheny, County Kerry: an oval earthen ring, 28m by 20m, with a causeway entrance at the north and a steep scarp on the south, set on a ridge above the Slaheny River. People may have lived there, marked territory, or simply followed the shape of the land; the bank and fosse still hold the outline of that choice.

In a wooded area, on the steep S-facing slope of a ridge, overlooking the Slaheny River 200m to the NE. A roughly oval area (c. 28m N-S; c. 20m E-W), covered with overgrowth, defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 2.6m) NW-S and by a scarp S-NW. An intervening fosse (Wth 2.8m) and an outer bank are evident NW-N. There is a causeway entrance at N. An E-W field boundary skirts the N edge of the fosse and may mask part of it. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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