What is recorded here

No visible fort remains at Kilgulbin West, only a fieldbank curving where the southern edge once stood. That much is certain. What the bank enclosed, who lived there, and when the ring closed around them have all left the place.

Gortduff Fort/Lios an Ghoirt Dhuibh (ringfort of the black field). This circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. On the later edition the S sector has been incorporated into a fieldbank running E-W, while a lime kiln is noted in the SW sector. The site shows up slightly on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977) but all that survives today is the curve in the fieldbank, which depicts the S sector of the enclosing bank. The rest was completely levelled about five years ago. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 753. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilgulbin West, likely dating to the early medieval period, is associated with local folklore as "Lios an Ghoirt Dhuibh" (ringfort of the black field). It was mapped in the 19th century, with parts later absorbed into agricultural boundaries.

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