Cahergall Stone Fort dating from the Iron Age (500BC to 400 AD), Near Cahirciveen, The Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland

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Irish stone forts are known as cashels. The walls of Cahergal were recently reconstructed and stand to a height of two metres on the western side and rising to about metres on the eastern side. The fort is metres in diameter. The walls are 5 metres thick at the base and lined with terracing on the interior face. Inside the fort are the remains of a circular stone house, the lintelled doorway of which face south east.

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Location: Cahergall Stone Fort, Near Cahirciveen, The Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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