What is recorded here

Clearance rubble and a low earthen bank still mark a thirty-metre circle on the NW-facing slopes of Knocknabro. It appeared on the 1846 and 1894 OS maps as a rath, though overgrowth has swallowed most of its edge. People may have lived there, excluded rain or simply shaped the hill to suit themselves. The fairies keep the rest.

In pasture, on the NW-facing slopes of Knocknabro. This rath is indicated as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1846 and 1894 OS 6-inch maps. Field-clearance rubble, obscured by overgrowth, is piled haphazardly in this area. A short stretch of a N-S earthen bank (Wth 4.25m; H at W 0.6m; H at E 0.7m), covered with overgrowth, may be part of the enclosing element of the rath. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shrone More, likely dating to the early medieval period, is marked on 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps as a roughly circular enclosure with a diameter of about 30 metres. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and the structure's name reflects this enduring folklore.

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