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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilbride,kinkillew

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Kilbride and Kinkillew share one broken ring. A field boundary cuts through the middle, taking most of the circle into Kinkillew and leaving only a small edge behind. The greater part has been levelled until it disappeared under pasture, while the lesser part still rises slightly above the grass. What remains is not a complete fort but a boundary marker, preserving the shape of a place that once stood whole.
On a low but prominent rise in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a low scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m). It is divided into unequal portions by a NE-SW field boundary, which marks the boundary between the two townlands. The much-larger portion, to the NW (in Kinkillew townland), has been levelled and is not visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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