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Earthwork in Knockdoebeg West

Earthwork

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Knockdoebeg West holds a low circular earthwork, ten metres across and one metre high, buried in rough pastureland near the site of the 1504 Battle of Knockdoe. The soil may have marked a watch point, a shelter or a boundary for people who faced that violent clash. Today the grass hides its edges, but the ground still carries the weight of a world where survival depended on reading the landscape at a glance.
In rough pastureland. A low roughly circular earthwork (diam. 10m; H 1m). The famous battle of Knockdoe (see GA070-080----) took place in this area in 1504. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 November 2016

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