What is recorded here
Knockane holds a man-made underground passage within a ringfort, marked by collapsed ground and scattered roofing stones. The earth opened near the northeast edge, exposing chambers built by human hands. What they concealed, who dug them, and when they fell remains unknown.
In ringfort (CO119-078---). Ground collapsed to NE, within edge scarp. Some stones visible, possibly roofing of Man-made underground passage.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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