What is recorded here

Kilteery holds a forgotten oval fortress where gorse still chokes the earthen bank and two shadowed depressions wait inside. The west half remains level while the east drops away, suggesting people once shaped the land before surrendering it back to vegetation. Fairy fort is the local name, but the measurements and surviving slabs point to human hands building a defensible home on an east-facing slope.

In undulating pasture, on E-facing slope. Oval area (34.5m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 1.5m), with external fosse NNW->NNE (Wth 1.2m; D 0.25m) and SE->SW (Wth 1.2m; D 0.2m). Much of enclosing element and interior are overgrown with gorse. West half of interior level but E half slopes down to E following incline in surrounding terrain. Inside the bank at E and SE are two depressions: depression to E (9.8m N-S; 4.4m E-W; D 0.5m) has some large slabs at E end; depression to SE roughly square in plan (L 12m) and covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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