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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockenagh South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Knockenagh South once held a circular earthen ringfort marked on 1841 and 1914 maps, but a quarry extended northward and erased every trace. The fort may have sheltered people, marked territory or simply given the landscape a shape worthy of remembering. Its disappearance is not a loss of fact but a reminder that human life depends on the continued existence of the things it loves.
Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps, this circular enclosure was situated immediately N of a quarry. Today it has been completely levelled and the quarry has been extended so that no surface trace remains. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 294. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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