What is recorded here

Knockanes held a forty-metre circular fort visible in 1840 but erased before 1897. Farms and boundaries turned a living neighbourhood into soil and forgetfulness. The land keeps its shape only when people keep seeing it.

In gently undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Located 20m S of the townland boundary with Monearla and 100m E of the townland boundary with Rineroe. Two ringforts (LI021-016/044----) lies 210m to the NNE and 325m to the S respectively. The site is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is not depicted on 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map suggesting that the monument was levelled between these map dates. Inspected by the ASI in 2000, when it was recorded as no surface remains visible. Possible partial cropmark of W side of enclosure bisected by post-1700 field boundary running N-S visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12. The site is not visible on Google Earth orthophotos taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020, although some rough surface undulations may relate to the monument. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 10 August 2020

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