What is recorded here

Killykeen held a forty-metre earthen ring before machines erased it in the early 1980s. The loss transforms the site into a warning about how quickly ordinary soil can be consumed. What remained invisible became a measure of human impatience rather than ancient patience.

Levelled in the early 1980s (local information). An earlier report (OPW 1970) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a low earthen bank. Original entrance was not recognisable. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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