What is recorded here

In tillage. A large oval enclosure (dims. c. 134m NE-SW; max. c. 102m NW-SE tapering to the SW) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Faith Bailey and Simon Dowling. Within the enclosure a stone lamp was recovered during ploughing from an area (c. 15m N-S x c. 10m E-W) of very dark soil. There is an enclosure (CW004-019----) c. 250m to the SE. See attached: CW004-063----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) Compiled by: Claire Breen and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 24 February 2020

A large oval fairy fort (ringfort/rath) in Knockevagh, visible as a cropmark, likely dates to the early medieval period and may have been used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. Local folklore often associates such enclosures with fairy dwellings or ancient druidic activity.

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