What is recorded here
Knockfield held a thirty-four metre earthen ring with a southern entrance until machines levelled it around 1981. The fairy fort label suggests people once believed the circle belonged elsewhere, yet it sat plainly in Kildare pasture. Forgetting that boundary is easy when grass grows over the mark. Remembering it is an act of resistance.
Circular area (diam. c. 34m) surrounded by an earthen bank with an entrance at the S. Levelled around 1981. Situated in pasture land. No visible surface traces.
Date of upload: 8 September 2016
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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