What is recorded here
That is the largest chamber in the Killeen cluster, a wide circular enclosure with an external fosse and a southeast entrance. It stands beside smaller ringforts and an enclosure within a few hundred metres, suggesting a settled landscape rather than a lonely marker. The size difference implies hierarchy, perhaps a lead residence or a defended gathering place where several families lived under one broad rim.
Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 26m; overall diam. c. 40) with an external fosse. Satellite imagery shows an entrance in the SE quadrant. There is an enclosure (KK018-055-----) c. 150m to the SW, and ringforts (KK018-057----; KK018-058----) c. 270m and c. 440m to the ESE and E respectively.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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