
What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on a break, on the steep S-facing slopes of Knockantooreen. A circular area (5m N-S; 4.8m E-W) defined by a roughly constructed and partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.4m; H 1m) which is best preserved along the N arc. The interior is heavily overgrown. Another enclosure (KE103-001001-) adjoins the NE arc.
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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