Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

Internal diam. 16m N-S, 15.6m E-W
Situated in rough pasture on a terrace on the S slopes of Farraniaragh mountain, this small circular caher, which is titled 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan, affords a fine prospect over Darrynane Bay to S. The enclosing wall is poorly preserved, with only its sod-covered foundation courses extant for much of its circuit. The wall is most clearly visible in the NE sector, where it consists of a rubble core faced internally and externally with large block-like slabs. Here, it averages 2.9m wide. No definite entrance to the caher is evident, and a field boundary is built on top of the enclosing wall at N.
Scatters of stone, forming low irregularly shaped mounds, and a number of upright slabs occupy the N half of the site's interior. Definite interpretation of these features is not possible.

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 566. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 29 July 2013