Hut site in Kilmore (clanmaurice By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kilmore holds a circular ringfort where a wide stone bank still rises above the ground, marking a place where people once lived before the landscape changed around them. A narrow gap breaks the ridge to the southeast, inviting entry into a space slightly higher than the fields outside. The earth has kept the shape of that choice, preserving the boundary between inside and out long after the hands that built it disappeared.

Circular univallate ringfort KE009-005---- is situated two fields E of KE009-004---- and a bohareen runs immediately W. The enclosing earth and stone bank is 5m wide and rises to a maximum of 1.2m externally and .8m above the interior. A 4.4m wide gap to the SE provides access to the interior, which is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Immediately inside the entrance is a large, fairly wet area. In the NW sector is a semi-circular area (KE009-005001-) which is curved inwards towards the bank; the enclosing bank is 2.8m wide and .6m high. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 353. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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