Staigue Fort is an ancient ringfort perched on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, about 18 km west of Sneem. Likely built between around 300–400 CE, it is one of Ireland’s largest and best-preserved drystone forts. The fort’s walls rise up to 5.5 m in places, are about 4 m thick at the base, and enclose a circular interior roughly 27.4 m in diameter.

Its entrance is via a narrow, lintelled passage about 1.8 m high, which leads into the interior, where stairways built into the wall lead to terraces, corbelled cells, and hidden chambers. The wall was built without mortar, using local stone.Around the fort is a surrounding ditch up to 8 m wide and over 1 m deep, adding an extra defensive layer. Staigue Fort may have served as a defended stronghold for a local chieftain.