What is recorded here

Knocklong East holds a vanished ringfort where modern infrastructure cut through ancient defence. The Camoge River still marks the boundary, but the road and treatment works now slice across what was once a complete circular stronghold. Humans built that ring to control access, resist invasion, or simply belong somewhere permanent. Progressivity erased the shape while claiming to improve the place.

On reclaimed grassland on the S bank of the Camoge River, which marks townland boundary with Ballincarroona. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped platform (diam. c. 24m) defined by a scarp with fosse and bank from NE-S-NW and an outer fosse with scarp from NE-S-SW. Outline of tree-covered monument (overall diam. c. 67m) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Access road to water treatment plan transects earthwork at N on an E-W axis with buildings immediately to E visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 July 2021

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