What is recorded here

Situated on a prominent hillock in grassland with commanding views in all directions. Ringfort (WM012-144----) 150m to ENE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan as a circular shaped earthwork annotated as ‘fort’. This site has been levelled, and all that remains is a flat oval; area on top of the hillock. Local information suggests that this site was levelled in the mid-1960s. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2018

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockatee is a likely early-medieval defensive or agricultural settlement, indicated by its circular earthwork and strategic location on a prominent hillock. The site, marked as a 'fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan, may be associated with local folklore regarding fairy realms or ancient habitation, common in such landscape features across Ireland.

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