What is recorded here
Knockmore holds a true earthen ringfort, not a fairy fort, though local pride and legend still argue about the name. The clay bank and ditch mark a inhabited place where people lived, worked and left behind a shape the land still remembers.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Reanlassa FortFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 647 yd
Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangelchurch/chapel · 1.4 mi
Knockalough Castle (in Ruins)Castle, unclassified · 1.5 mi
St Michaels Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.5 mi
Cahermurphy Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.5 mi
Crag WoodWood · 6.9 mi
Clonderalaw BayBay · 7.8 mi
St Senan's WellSpring · 8.5 mi
Doughmore BeachBeach / strand · 8.8 mi
Kilcorcoran Grave YardArchaeological place · 9.3 mi