What is recorded here

Mortons and Gortnakilly Fort, with Gortnakilly Fort at Mortons, forms a rare dual-recorded site where two distinct fortifications share one place name. Gortnakilly Fort is a circular earthwork in West Cork, preserving the shape and function of a fortified household long after its builders left it behind. The land remembers the fort because the fort still stands recognizable in the terrain.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Heavily overgrown circular area (diam. c. 24m) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.7m). 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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