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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockearagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Knockearagh holds a broken earthen arc facing The Paps of Dana, preserving half a ringfort while the other half vanished behind a field boundary. The visible bank is low, yet an underground passage emerged at its southern end, suggesting the ground still conceals the missing chamber. Local tradition calls the area a rath, and the hidden passage agrees with that memory.
In pasture, on a S-facing slope with views SE to The Paps of Dana. An arc (C 60m) of a scarp (H 0.2m) NE-E and of a low earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1m) E-SE abuts the E side of a field boundary. This may be the remains of a rath, but there are no visible remains of it on the W side of the field boundary. A possible Man-made underground passage (KE067-102----) was recently found at the SE terminus of the arc. There is a local tradition of a rath in the area. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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