What is recorded here
In a levelled rath (KE048-114001-). In the 1840s it was recorded that Killahane fort 'was formerly a burial ground' and that when it was being levelled 'a great deal of human being bones' were found there (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 37). There are no visible remains of the burial ground.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
A ringfort with associated early medieval burial activity; significant for human remains discovered during 19th-century levelling.
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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