What is recorded here

Kilcolman East holds a broad earthen ring where cattle still wear the bank and nettles cluster in the shade. The fort faces east, keeps a wide entrance, and belongs to the old rath tradition rather than fairy fantasy. People may have lived inside, marked the field corner, or simply avoided the hollow for want of a better explanation.

In low-lying pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (62m N-S; 61m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 1.6m). Bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.8m), heavily masked by overgrowth SW->NNE, has been worn down by cattle at SSW. Entrance at E (Wth 4m). Field boundary, forming corner of field, runs along outer edge of fosse SW->NNE. Level interior under pasture but with cluster of nettles around verge. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

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