
What is recorded here
In rough upland pasture, on the N-facing side of a spur of outcropping rock, on the lower NE-facing slopes of Knockbrack Mountain. A rectangular area (5.1m E-W; 1.9m N-S) defined by an uncoursed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 1.5m) on the N, E and W sides and by the vertical face of the outcropping rock on the S side. There is an entrance (Wth 0.55m) in the N wall.
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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