What is recorded here

Behind Nolan's farmhouse in Tullahennel North, a low earthen bank still marks a circular enclosure that people once called a fairy fort. The ring measures forty-one metres across internally, with a wide base that suggests human hands shaped the soil before memory faded. A vanished path may have circled the ground in the nineteenth century, implying the site remained active long after its building purpose changed. The fairies may be invention, but the earth remembers the shape of human attention.

This enclosure lies behind and to the right of Nolan's farmhouse. On the 1841-42 OS map, a small bohareen would appear to lead up to and encircle the burial ground from the SW, exiting at the N side and continuing NW. No trace of this bohareen can be seen today. This site consists of a roughly circular area, enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank. The internal diameter N-S measures 41m, while the external diameter measures 57m. The bank measures c 12m in width at the base; its external height measures on average .6m and the internal height varies between .3m-.9m. A ridge c 3m in width runs across the interior in the E-W direction, and is possibly the remains of an old fieldbank. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 851. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullahennel North is a circular earthen enclosure likely dating to the early medieval period, commonly associated with both ancient habitation and later folklore surrounding fairies or supernatural beings. Though its historical context is limited, such sites were often believed to be the homes of the "good people" in Irish tradition.

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