Name: | Macrohan's Castle, Letter | CISP No: | LETER |
Place: | Letter (An Leitir) | Grid Ref: | V 475 767 (IR) |
Parish: | Iveragh | Stones: | 1 |
County: | Kerry (Ciarraí) , Ireland | Saint(s): | none |
Site Type: | modern secondary |
O'Sullivan/Sheehan/1986, 244, call the castle MacCrehin's Castle, cf. Macalister/1945, 232. The castle, of which only the enclosing earthwork now survives, lies on the lower S. slopes of Bentee mountain. For a discussion of the site and further refs, see O'Sullivan/Sheehan/1996, 380--381, no. 1114.