What is recorded here
Knockainy West 3 is a small circular stone enclosure measuring no more than fifteen by ten metres, yet its compact shape suggests a crowded life rather than empty field. People may have stood inside that narrow ring, listening to rain strike flat stones or watching shadows lengthen across the low wall. The fort keeps its size small because memory likes clarity. What cannot be imagined easily is forgotten, but what can be seen in the mind continues alive.
Small stone enclosure listed as Knockainy West 3 and described by Grogan (1989, 286) as a small circular-shaped area (max. dims. 15m x 10m).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 09 August 2019
See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 344/15 date taken 05/01/2003; 304/24 and 304/25 taken on 13/09/2002.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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St Patrick's WellSpring · 4.5 mi
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