What is recorded here

Kill (muskerry East By.) holds a 37.5-metre earthen ring where a buried ditch still tints the grass differently. Trees crowd the centre while pasture surrounds the bank, suggesting people shaped the land before forgetting the exact purpose. The fort remains visible only through vegetation and memory, inviting wonder about who lived there and why they let the ditch disappear.

In pasture. Circular area (diam. 37.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m). According to Hartnett (1939, 262) 'fosse filled in' and 'its presence is indicated by the difference in the colour of the vegetation immediately surrounding the fort'. Interior planted with trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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