What is recorded here

Ard na Killeen is a roughly circular ecclesiastical enclosure on a Cork plateau, bounded by a drystone wall and a 3.6m scarp. Iron slag lies hidden beneath the level soil, suggesting smiths worked beside worshippers while bushes strangled the ancient bank. The name implies a church hill, yet no building remains to prove it.

In tillage, on plateau, with view in all directions. Roughly circular area (108m E-W; 96m N-S) enclosed by drystone wall SE->NNW and by scarp (H 3.6m) NNW->SE. Bank overgrown with bushes. Interior level; several pieces of iron slag recovered during site inspection. Known locally as 'Ard na Killeen'. Ringfort (12109) c. 90m to E. Surrounding field boundaries built of stone. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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