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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: LeacanabuaileCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Kerry Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Village: Cahirsiveen
Map Ref: V4463781059
Discovery Map Number: D83
Latitude: 51.960420N Longitude: 10.260988W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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jeffrep visited on 27th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
The round house abuts the wall of the fort, and from its doorway a hole in the floor leads into a souterrain some 10 metres long, ending in a wall-chamber. There is another wall-chamber, entered by a short passage, in the NE part of the wall.
~ 300 metres N of Leacanabuaile is another stone fort called Cahernagat (Cathair na gCat).
~ 400 metres SE of Leacanabuaile is Cahergal, a fine but ruinous stone fort, in the centre of which is a large oval dry-stone house withy walls surviving to a height of 1.5 metres.
~ Just over 8 km SW, in Cool East (V 373755), N of the northern road leading SW from Knightstown is Killadreenagh, is an ancient burial ground with an Ogam pillar some 1.9metres high, engraved with a Latin cross. About 100 metres NW of this, on higher ground, is a low wedge-tomb with a single capstone 3 x 2.5 metres and a portico. South of the road is another Ogam pillar. There are several pillarstones and an alleged (but dubious) stone circle in the landscape to the E.
~ Almost 10 km ENE are Ballyanahow Beg petroglyphs.
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