Loher Cashel is a stone ringfort (cashel) and National Monument located on the Iveragh Peninsula, Ireland.[3][4][5]
| Loher Cashel | |
|---|---|
| Native name Irish: Cathair an Lóthair | |
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| Type | stone ringfort |
| Location | Loher, Derrynane, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51°47′10″N 10°09′56″W / 51.786111°N 10.165556°W |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Height | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Built | c. 9th century AD |
| Architectural style(s) | Gaelic Ireland |
| Owner | State[1] |
| Official name | Loher Cashel[2] |
| Reference no. | 611 |
  Location of Loher Cashel in Ireland | |
Location edit
Loher Cashel is situated on the western edge of the Iveragh Peninsula overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay, 3.9 km (2.4 mi) northwest of Derrynane.[6][7] This location may have been chosen for its view of Skellig Michael.[8]
History edit
The cashel was built around the 9th century AD as a defended farmstead. It was recently reconstructed.[9][4]
Description edit
This is a circular stone ringfort (caiseal) of internal diameter 20 m (66 ft) with outer walls over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 3 m (9.8 ft) thick accessible by stairways. It is built of drystone with gaps filled in with rubble.
In the interior are a large round house and a smaller rectangular house; archaeology has shown that these were preceded by wooden buildings. A souterrain was located in the circular house.[10]
The entrance has a stone-lined passage similar to that at Staigue stone fort.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). Ireland: National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "megalithomania: Loher (Kerry) :: Stone Fort :: Visit notes". www.megalithomania.com.
- ^ a b Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John; Cosgrove, Art (27 August 1976). A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198217374 – via Google Books.
- ^ Meeting, European Association of Archaeologists; Henderson, Jon C. (1 January 2000). The Prehistory and Early History of Atlantic Europe: Papers from a Session Held at the European Association of Archaeologists Fourth Annual Meeting in Göteborg 1998. Archaeopress. ISBN 9781841710624 – via Google Books.
- ^ Henderson, Jon (1 December 2007). The Atlantic Iron Age: Settlement and Identity in the First Millennium BC. Routledge. ISBN 9781134076130 – via Google Books.
- ^ Weir, Anthony. "County Kerry - selected monuments". www.irishmegaliths.org.uk.
- ^ Harbison, Peter (1 April 1995). Pilgrimage in Ireland: The Monuments and the People. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815603122 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Celtic studies, history, linguistics and literature". The Academy. 27 August 1995 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Loher Stone Fort".
- ^ "Loher Fort". irishantiquities.bravehost.com.
- ^ "Loher Fort, County Kerry". timetravelireland.blogspot.ie.