What is recorded here
Kilcolgan Upper holds a univallate rath on rising pastureland, overlooking a wide horizon. The earth bank still stands though people stopped walking around it centuries ago. A fairy fort in local thought, a human fort in shape, it belongs to both worlds at once.
Situated on rising pastureland, the view from this site is extensive in all directions. Though this site was completely inaccessible, the survey was able to determine that it was a univallate rath.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 185. 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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