What is recorded here

Keenrath is a circular earthen ringfort in County Cork, Ireland. It is a fairy fort because the bank stands two metres high, tops a shallow ditch, and hides a possible underground passage inside its overgrown centre. People may have lived there before the trees took the stones back. The earth remembers the shape even when the names have faded.

In pasture, atop natural rise. Circular, heavily overgrown area (diam. c.35m), defined by scarp (H 2.4m) topped by low bank (H 1.4m); shallow fosse. Bank stone-faced and planted with trees. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO093-06002-) in interior. 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

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