What is recorded here

Curraghkilbran holds a destroyed ringfort beside the River Aherlow, large enough for a household yet flat enough to deceive a passing cart. It appeared on later maps as a circular scar, then vanished under pasture and memory. The land keeps its shape in shadow rather than stone, waiting for rain or hunger to reveal the circle again.

In reclaimed pasture 500m W of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Lyre and 200m E of townland boundary with Ballyfauskeen. Possible ringfort (LI049-201----) lies 205m to SW. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped raised area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp. Identified as a destroyed ringfort (Site 3/7) on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs taken 03/11/1984. Visible as a faint circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 3 November 2021

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