PeterHarbison marshals the known facts on Staigue Fort, Kerry’s mysterious stone amphitheatre
Kerry has a multitude of ancient monuments about which history is silent and few are more notable than the great circular fort known as Staigue — or Cathair na Steige in Irish (Fig 1). Situated a mile and a half off the Ring of Kerry, between Caherdaniel and Sneem, it broods over the upper part of a south-facing valley that looks down over Kenmare Bay to the Slieve Miskish beyond
