Kill Fort

In pasture, on W shoulder of hillock. Circular area (30m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by worn earthen bank (H 2.2m); external fosse (D 0.8m) to S. Bank stone-faced in parts. Rectangular stone-built structure (3.75m N-S; 2.35m E-W; H 0.73m) adjoins outer bank face to SSE. 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.