What is recorded here

Kilcoorha is a ruined earthen ringfort, now reduced to a shallow ditch and a level grassy oval beside a stream in County Limerick. Its bank and boundary are gone, but the shallow fosse still marks part of the circle. The land has taken back most of the shape, leaving only a faint arc and a memory of enclosure.

In pasture, sloping down gently to N. Site is depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on S bank of stream on 1841 OS 6-inch map; on 1924 OS 6-inch map arc of enclosing bank shown only NE->SW, but replaced by river bank NW->NE and by field boundary SW->NW. Field boundary and enclosing bank now levelled. Shallow fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 1.2m) defines arc of enclosure NE->SW. Steep fall down to W in ground level follows line of removed field boundary on W side. Sharp fall down to river defines N side. Roughly circular area enclosed by these features (33.5m N-S; 26m E-W) is level and under grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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