Field system in Ballycullane (smallcounty By.)

Field system on Knockanure described by O'Kelly (1942-3, 232) as following; 'Lynch says that on the hill of Knockanure is "an extensive triple stone circle in a fair state of preservation. The circle differs from all existing ones around Lough Gur." Lynch has apparently made a mistake here, for there is no circle on this hill. There is, nevertheless, a system of ancient fences, and at one point in the system (the location of which is given above) there are what seem to be the remains of a small rectangular field or enclosure. This is marked chiefly by boulders and standing stones and is probably what Lynch called a stone circle. Two sides (adjacent) of it are gone. Some of the ancient fences are marked by low boulders placed at intervals along them, and this probably accounts for the statement that it was a triple circle. Knockanure is a fertile, limestone hillock, which rises up on the edge of the great Ballycullane bog'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 01 August 2019