Cahergall Stone Ring Fort may date from the Iron Age, others date it to the 7th Century??? Near Cahirciveen, Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland

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The building of Cahergall Stone Ring Fort varies from the Iron Age, to the 7th Century. , Near Cahirciveen, The Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland Cahergal Stone Fort stands close to a similar fort named Leacanabuaile near Cahersiveen in Co. Kerry. The named Cahergal is derived from ‘an Chathair Gheal’ (the Bright Stone Fort). Its an impressive dry-walled stone structure with seven staircases ascending its inner walls, similiar to the ones at Staigue Fort and Grianan na Aileach. Within the interior of the fort is the base of a circular beehive-hut type structure.

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Location: Cahersiveen, Knockeens, County Kerry, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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