What is recorded here

Knockdoorah means the hill of the two forts, yet only a faint thirty-six-metre arc remains where a whole enclosure should stand. The second rath sits four hundred metres east, suggesting this western site was lost, buried or simply forgotten. A person may have stood inside the missing circle, watching Macgillycuddy's Reeks through a gap the landscape has since swallowed.

In rough pasture, on a W-facing slope with views SW to Macgillycuddy's Reeks. An arc of a scarp (H varies from 0.1m at WSW to 1m at NNW) is evident WSW-NNW extending between two field boundaries (L c. 36m at S and L c. 34m at W). There is no trace of an enclosing element extending into the adjacent fields. The interior of the segment slopes down gently to the NW and is obscured by bushes at its SE end. Rock is exposed occasionally along the scarp. According to local information, this is the location of a fort and the townland name translates 'Cnoc dhá rath' (the hill of the two forts). A second rath (KE068-001----) lies c. 400m to the E. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockdoorah, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a scarp arc on a west-facing slope. Local folklore associates such sites with the supernatural, often believed to be dwellings of the fairies or ancient druidic activity.

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.