What is recorded here

Kilmaclenine holds a forty-metre earthen ring on a gentle north-west slope, marked by a shallow fosse and a well immediately to the north. Field boundaries and deep drains have cut through its interior, yet the circular shape remains clear enough to suggest a lived-in place rather than a forgotten shape. The fort may have served nearby farms, sheltered people in bad weather, or marked a boundary between neighbours. Whatever it did, it still occupies the land and invites attention.

In pasture, on gentle NW-facing slope. Depicted as circular depression (diam. c. 40m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map, bisected off centre to NE by field boundary; arc formed by hachured bank survives on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch map, to SW of field boundary; field boundary hachured on 1842 OS 6-inch map, as if forming part of enclosure. Circular area (32m NNW-SSE) enclosed by shallow fosse, best preserved ESE->W. Interior on NE side cut by field boundary running NNW->SSE. Deep drain cut along both sides of field boundary. Well depicted, immediately to N of enclosure, on all three editions of OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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