
What is recorded here
Indicated is a broken fairy fort on a steep Kilkenny slope, its southern and western banks still standing while northern earth disappeared entirely. The flat interior offers no clue about the hands that built it, only the shape of what remained when half the circle vanished.
On the crest of a steep SE-facing slope in a NW-SE valley in upland pasture, with good views all round. Only the S and W portions survive of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). A short (5m) length of bank survives at SE (Wth 3m; H 1.5m). At N and E the bank has been entirely removed. An external fosse (Wth 3m; int. H 1.75m; ext. H c. 1m) also survives at S and W. This is skirted by a field bank. The interior is flat and featureless.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of revised upload: 23 February 2016
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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