
What is recorded here
In rough hill pasture, on the NW-facing slopes of Killeen Mountain. A rectangular area (27m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) defined by large stone on outcropping rock at NW and by a partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.25m; H 0.7m) elsewhere. Remains of cultivation ridges run NW-SE across the interior. A large stone at the NW side is known locally as a mass-rock (KE068-116----). The enclosure is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW) and named 'Sheep Fold'. It is indicated on the 1894-5 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (c. 20m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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