What is recorded here
In pasture on summit of Knockmagh. Enclosure (LI057-057----) lies 60m to the N. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible enclosure on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (Strip Map 2, Site 2/5) taken 03/11/1984 where described as follows; Summit of the hill of Knockmagh enclosed by a low bank on one side. Traces of large curvilinear earthwork enclosing N side of Knockmagh Hill visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Curvilinear earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 20 November 2021
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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