What is recorded here
Marianne and Denis walked the hidden ring at Kilbradran, touching a limestone edge that still cuts the earth like a knife. The fort is small enough to circle in minutes yet old enough to make human life feel like a temporary guest. Heris iru, said Marianne, not praise but recognition. The castle is not the same as the chamber, but both are chambers.
In wooded area, on SE-facing slope immediately below brow of limestone ridge. Oval area (41.7m N-S; 34.8m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m), best preserved SSE->WSW, but completely obscured by overgrowth N->NE. Bank incorporates limestone bedrock W->N with a sharp drop to interior (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.75m); it has been worn down by cattle to a scarp-like edge NE->S (H 0.85m; Wth 1.6m). Dry-stone field wall runs tangentially to enclosing bank at S. Interior, covered with mature deciduous trees, slopes down gently to E. Degraded earth-and-stone field boundary abuts enclosure at W.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
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