Discover Alone, back to main map

Field system in Knockanush East,knockanush West,slievenavadoge

Field system
Field system in Knockanush East,knockanush West,slievenavadoge
Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Knockanush East and West and Slievenavadoge hold a field system centred on two massive ringforts, one bivallate and one trivallate. The old banks still angle across the slope from north-west to south-east, marking a landscape shaped before modern reclamation erased much of its clarity.
'This recorded field system spans the townlands of Slievenavadoge, Knockanush East & West. The remains of old field banks can be traced on the ground and seen on aerial photography, though the land in the area has been extensively reclaimed. The complex here includes two massive ringforts, the more northerly in the townland of Slievenavadoge is bivallate while the more southerly in Knockanush East is trivallate. The field banks mainly run in a generally north-west to south-east direction following the slope of the land, and appear to be centred on the large trivallate ringfort. Given the association of the field banks with the two ringforts they are unlikely to postdate these features.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 09 July 2012

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

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places

Other information

Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed