Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 18m
Situated on the lower SW slopes of Reenconnell, this site was not noted on the OS maps. It consists of a circular univallate ringfort, within which are the remains of 2 conjoined huts. An E-W laneway, c. 2m wide, cuts across the N sector of the fort but its N wall preserves the line of the original enclosure. Elsewhere the fort is defined by a low, grass-grown bank which contains some stone. The bank is a maximum of 1.3m high externally, .3m high internally and is 1.5 to 2.4m wide.
The 2 roughly circular huts are located against the S side of the lane. The W hut measures c. 5.3m N-S x 4m internally. It is defined to S by a grass-grown stony bank, .6 to 1m high. To N it is defined by the lane wall, 1.7m high and .8m wide, which curves outwards here and was probably built on the line of the wall of the hut. There are breaks in the bank at W and S and a 1.4m wide gap at E leads into the 2nd hut. The E hut is 3.9m in diameter internally. Its wall is also reduced to a stony bank, .2 to .7m high, except to N where the lane wall again curves outwards. There is a wide gap in the bank at SE.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 361. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 May 2013