Ecclesiastical enclosure in Killarida

This site is situated on low-lying land and the W sector would appear to have been cut by a fieldbank running in a NE-SW direction. No surface trace of a continuance of this site can be seen in the field on the W side of the fieldbank. What remains today is an inner triangular area surrounded by an outer earthen bank to the E through the S to W, while to the NE there are what appears to be the foundations of a building, possibly a church. The triangular area measures 54m long x 26m wide and is enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank with numerous gaps in it. The maximum external height of the bank measures elm, the internal height of the bank measures c .9m and the width of the bank at the base c 2m. Surrounding the bank from the SSW is an earthen ridge that curves in towards the S corner of the triangular enclosure. About 6m from the incurved point is another earthen ridge which runs NE for 29m. At a distance of 8m-24m from this ridge is an enclosing earthen bank, measuring 3m- 6m wide its base, c .7m high externally, and .8m high internally. In the NE sector there are the foundations of a possible church (KE010-047003-) though it is incomplete; a raised area is evident which was possibly aligned E-W. It was not possible to obtain full measurements, but it would appear to be 1.1m wide. About 12m from the E end, there is a roughly rectangular area jutting out, measuring 8m x 9m. This site is not marked on the 1841-42 OS map, but appears on the 1939 map marked 'Kyle Burial Ground (site of)'. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 858.