What is recorded here
On a knoll in hilly pastureland with good views to the S. Hachured and labelled 'Knockaskeheen Caher' on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Recorded by Westropp (1905, 352) as being ‘so completely demolished since 1839 that no trace can be found on the green knoll where it once stood’. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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