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Leacanabuaile Stone Fort - Leaca na Buaile

Leacanabuaile - Leaca na Buaile Stone Fort is immediately north of another stone fort called Cahergall (Irish: An Chathair Gheal) in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Contae Chiarraí, Éire). Leacanabuaile is located on a rocky outcrop and is surrounded by a dry stone wall. The remains of terraces and huts and other structures including a souterrain are on the site.

Parkavonear Castle

Parkavonear Castle is in Aghadoe (Irish: Achadh an Dá Eo) in Couty Kerry, Ireland (Cill Airne, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). It is the ruins of a thirteenth century Anglo-Norman unusually cylindrically shaped castle. The walls are 2m wide and the two storeys that remain are joined by a staircase within the wall and the first floor has the remains of a fireplace. There is some evidence that square earthenworks surrounded the castle.  Its name is derived from the Irish paírc an mhóinéir, meaning field of the meadow.

Ross Castle - Caisleán Rois

Ross Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Rois) is a 15th-century tower house and keep built, it is thought, by Irish chieftain O’Donoghue Mór in the 15th century. It is located on the edge of Lough Leane (Irish Loch Léin) in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Chill Airne, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). Ross Castle can be reached via a signposted right turn off the N71 road travelling south about two miles from the town of Killarney (Irish:Cill Airne).

Kinard East Ogham Stone

Kinard East Ogham Stone is located at the west end of the graveyard of what was once the parish church of Kinard (Teampall Chinn Aird). On the east face of the stone there is a cross inscription consisting of a rectangular outline divided into four roughly equal parts. The upper quadrants are also subdivided in a similar way. The stone also has a carving and an inscription reading Moriani on one side. Nothing now remains of the parish church. The graveyard is south of the N86 road and southwest of the townland of Foheraghmore (An Fhothrach Mhór) and close to a minor road at Kinard East in the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne, Contae Chiarraí, Éire).

Ballintaggart Ogham Stones

These are a group of nine stones, eight of which surround the ninth. Five of the stones have carvings and inscriptions, including one with 'NETTA LAMINACCA KOI MAQQI MUCOI DOVINIAS' the DOVINIAS possible referring to the pagan goddess of the Corcu Duibne people. Another stone has the inscription 'MAQQI IARI KOI MAQQI MUCCOI DOVVINIAS'. Another is inscribed 'TRIA MAQA MAILAGNI' and 'CURCITTA'. One stone has 'CUNUMACCQQI AVI CORBRI' inscribed.

Dún Beag Fort - An Dún Beag

Dún Beag Fort (Irish: An Dún Beag) is an Iron Age promontory fort dated to 500 BC. Dunbeg Fort is located on a rocky promontory just south of Slea Head (Irish: Ceann Sléibhe) on the Dingle Peninsula (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne). It is in the Fahan area near the village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Irish: Fionntrá, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). The fortification is built on the edge of a cliff for maximum protection. On the land side there are a number of earth walls and a large rampart to provide additional defence. Close to the fort there is a group of clocháns, which are dry-stone huts with a corbelled roof small stone also known as beehive huts. They have been estimated to have been built around 1000 BC. There is a visitors centre at the site. 

Cathair na gConchuireach - Caher Conor

Caher Conor ( Irish Cathair na gConchuireach) are a group of five Beehive Huts/Clochán. It is to the west of Dún Beag Fort ( Irish An Dún Beag) and is located on the southern side of Eagle Mountain north of the R559 road at Glanfahan (Irish: Gleann Fán) in the Dingle Peninsula, Couty Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Corca  Dhuibhne, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). A clochán is a dry-stone hut also known as a beehive hut. with a corbelled roof. The precise construction date of most of these structures is unknown although most surviving ones are thought to date from about 700 AD. Many are associated with Christian monks, such as those at the monastic settlement of Skellig Michael. Others are located within or close to ringforts and interpreted as secular dwellings.

Gallarus Oratory - Séipéilín Ghallarais

Gallarus Oratory - Séipéilín Ghallarais is on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). This site dates back to the eighth and possibly sixth century and is an expertly built stone structure using the architectural technique of corbeling in the shape of an upturned boat measuring fifteen feet by ten feet with a narrow door and small window.

Kilmalkedar - Cill Maoilchéadair

Kilmalkader (Irish: Cill Maoilchéadair) Cill Mhaoilchéadair - Kilmalkedar is medieval monsatic site located on on the Dingle Peninsula, (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne). It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the village Ballyferriter (Irish: Baile an Fheirtéaraigh) and just over 4 miles (6.7) km northwest of the town of Dingle (Irish: Daingean Uí Chúis) and just over 1 mile (2km) due east of An Mhuiríochin in County Kerry (Irish: Contae Chiarraí). This ecclesiastical site once stood on the pilgrimage route, Cosán na Naomh - the Saints’ Path, which makes its way to Mount Brandon. On the site are the ruins of a church dating to the 12th-century which is noted for the carvings that can still be seen, including on the doorway and on the chancel arch. The church was still in use until the 16th century. There are a number of old carved stones on the site that pre-date the church.

Dunguaire Castle - Dún Guaire

Dunguaire Castle (Irish: Dún Guaire) is a tower house dating to the 16th-century built by the O’Hynes clan. It stands near the village of Kinvara (Irish: Cinn Mhara)  on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay ( Irish:Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) in County Galway, Ireland (Irish: Contae na Gaillimhe, Éire). The castle has tower which is 75-foot (23 m) high. There is a defensive wall that has been restored over the years. 

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