
What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, in a sheltered hollow, on the SW-facing slopes of Knockantooreen. A rectangular area (3.2m N-S; 2.4m E-W) defined by a roughly constructed and partially collapsed, drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 0.8m). The SE corner of the enclosure is set against outcropping rock. Rubble is scattered around the enclosure both internally and externally.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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