What is recorded here

Knocknabinny holds a four-foot earthen ring, wide enough for a dozen people to walk inside without touching the wall. It has stood on that west-facing slope since before maps drew it as a broken penannular line in 1842. cattle graze around it now, unaware they are eating inside the shadow of a fortress that outlived every army strong enough to break it.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Shown as hachured penannular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured semi-circle on 1902 map. Now defined by raised circular area (H 1.4m; 24.8m N-S; 25m E-W) with slight slope downhill to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknabinny is a likely early-medieval defensive or habitation site, indicated by its circular, raised earthwork structure. Local folklore may associate it with supernatural or fairy activity, as suggested by its traditional name.

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