What is recorded here

Kilcolman holds a rough earthen ringfort forty-two metres across, marked on old maps as a disused burial ground while local memory calls it a fairy fort. The bank still stands one metre high around a quiet pastoral field, large enough for people to gather, bury, or forget. Neither label completely fits because the place does both: it is human enough to measure and strange enough to resist explanation.

KE002-048001- is situated in a pastoral field where the land is gently sloping in a N-S direction. It consists of a rough circular area (KE002-048002-) enclosed by an earthen bank and measures 42m N-S, 38m E-W internally, and 46m N-S, 42m E-W externally. The bank measures 3m-4.6m in width at the base and has a maximum height of c 1m externally and .4m-1.2m externally. There is a slight trace of an exterior fosse In the N to W which measures c 1m wide and .4m deep. This site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as 'Old burial ground' and on the 1914 edition as 'burial ground (disused)'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 844. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

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