What is recorded here

Kilnagnady holds a rare double-banked ringfort, its outer stone-faced wall standing 1.5m tall while the inner earth has worn to 0.8m. The southern entrance, four metres wide, still cuts through the pasture slope where cattle now graze the ancient yard. The gap between the banks marks a forgotten defence, perhaps built when trust between neighbours failed.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (41.3m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank worn (int. H 0.8m); outer bank (H 1.5m) stone-faced, incorporated into field fence system S->ENE. Entrance to S (Wth 4m). 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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