What is recorded here

Knocknahoran still carries the name of a lost stone heap, though no cairn remains visible on its summit. That missing marker may have been torn down during ordinary human change, its stones scattered into fields or forgotten entirely. The name preserves what the landscape erased, keeping a vanished shape alive through speech alone.

Knocknahoran/Cnoc an Chairn is said to derive its name from a cairn of stones which formerly crowned its summit (An Seabhac 1939, 18; McKenna 1979, 6). There is no trace of this now. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 233. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.