What is recorded here
Kilmoylerane North holds a thirty-one metre earthen ring on an NE-facing slope, its interior raised against the downhill pull. The bank stands merely 1.3 metres high, yet it encloses a complete circle in front of Kilmoylerane House. People may have lived there before written memory, shaping the earth to keep rain and danger at bay. The fairies never left; they simply stopped answering when asked.
In pasture on NE-facing slope in field in front of Kilmoylerane House. Circular area (31m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by worn earthen bank (H 1.3m). Interior raised on downhill side to compensate for hillslope.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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