What is recorded here

Kilclare Upper once held a thirty-five-metre earthen ring on the south bank of the Bride river, visible only on the 1842 map before ploughs and time erased it. The loss is not empty; it is a reminder that human hands shaped the pasture, made boundaries, and left marks that measurement can still recover. The fort disappeared, but the act of building remains written in the land.

On level pasture, at S side of Bride river. Depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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