What is recorded here
Kilbehy holds a forgotten ringfort, buried beneath decades of hungry scrub on an east-facing slope. The earth still remembers the shape of human hands, even though no stone or fence marks the boundary today. What was built to keep out danger may have been swallowed by time itself, leaving only a hidden bump in the green dark.
On E-facing slope, in area completely covered by dense scrub vegetation. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), is now completely covered by dense overgrowth.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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