Moated site

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a steep N-facing slope. In the 1840s, 'a remarkable large Danish fort in which is a burial ground for children [KE048-043----], hence it is called by the inhabitants Killeen' was recorded in this townland (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 39). The following description is based on an inspection made in 1986 (CDAS; O'Hare 1997, 15). A roughly rectangular area (69.6m E-W; 60m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H c. 0.9m) on the W, N and E sides and for 20m from the SE corner along the S side. A slight depression noted outside the bank at N may have been the remains of a fosse. The undulating interior sloped steeply down to the N. A grass-covered trackway (Wth 4.3m) crossed the interior E-W, c. 7m from the N bank. Remains of low curving and linear banks and scarps were evident in the S two-thirds of the interior. A sandstone boulder (H 0.5m; 0.6m x 0.57m), outside the NE corner, which had a number of straight lines scored into its upper surface may have been used as a sharpening stone though the lines may also have been plough marks. During a reinspection of the enclosure in 1987, it was found to have been levelled. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011