What is recorded here

Kilcock Lower holds a broken earthen ring where cattle traffic erased the entrance and a father’s stone facing still defends the bank. The fort measures twenty-seven metres across, large enough for a household but small enough to disappear into pasture. A hidden mound sits inside the northern curve while forgotten passages vanish beneath the soil. Lynch’s house overlookes the ruin, keeping human life tethered to the old earth work.

Internal diameter 27.6m N-S, 26.4m E-W Situated immediately S of Lynch's house on pastureland, this univallate rath is enclosed by a bank of earth and stone morphology. The external side of the bank NE through W to SW has been stone faced by Mr Lynch's father to protect the fort from the cattle. The external height of the bank varies from lm-1.5m and on average the internal height measures .8m. The bank has been broken by cattle and no definite entrance can be noted. According to Mr Lynch, underground passages (KE005-028001-) were found immediately NW of this site in his father's time. However, they are not evident today. On the interior side of the N sector is a small mound (KE005-028002-), 1.8m x 2.4m externally. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 286. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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