What is recorded here

Mortar and stone still mark the fort beneath a modern kitchen, preserving the boundary between human invention and remembered life. The fort is no longer a separate structure, but a hidden foundation within an ordinary house. That change does not erase it; it transforms the fort into a living laboratory where memory, myth and human creativity continue to interact.

On the site of a modern dwelling, at the E edge of the former deer park of Cahir Guillamore demesne, immediately W of a townland boundary with Rockbarton. Within southern quadrant of a field system (LI031-041001-), within a deserted medieval settlement (LI031-041009-) and 50m SSE of the site of Cahirguillamore Castle (LI031-041015-). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Levelled monument identified by Ó Ríordáin and Hunt (1942, 38) as Fort 1 and described as following: 'This was evidently the site of a stone-built fort, since a course of squared stones is visible in the farmyard of a modern house, and seems to run under the dwelling'. Site of earthwork marked on black and white aerial image numbered 14. Modern house and garden now stands on site of levelled monument. See attached OSi 6-inch map annotated by Ó Ríordáin and Hunt (1942, 38), black and white aerial image with monument numbered 14 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 November 2020

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