
What is recorded here
Kyleroe Fort is a circular earthen ringfort in County Limerick, Ireland, measuring twenty-six metres across and marked by a scarped edge that rises to three and a half metres on the eastern side. A narrow northern gap leads into rough pasture where badger sets still twist through the soil, suggesting the fort has belonged to other creatures since people stopped naming it. The eastern bank may have blocked wind or watched the road, but the badgers have no such reason; they dig because the dark earth calls.
In undulating pasture, atop low rise. Circular area (26m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.5m; Wth 6m) which becomes very pronounced on E side (H 3.55m; Wth 6m). Gap in scarp (Wth 3.6m) at N. Interior level and under rough pasture; it also contains a number of badger sets. Field boundary skirts enclosure NE->S.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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