What is recorded here
Kilshruley holds a massive earthen ring on a steep pasture rise, its oval rim standing two metres above the grass. A field boundary cuts the fort in two, splitting what may have been a single home between neighbouring townlands. The entrance has vanished beneath soil and time, leaving only a smooth scarp where people once climbed in and out.
On a steep-sided rise in pasture. A raised oval area (37m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.7-2.75m). At the base of the scarp is a low berm (Wth 2-3m) that marks the outline of an infilled fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. The rath is divided into roughly equal portions by a NE-SW field boundary, which marks the boundary between the two townlands.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 16 January 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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