What is recorded here
Knockane held a man-made cave inside a circular fort on the 1842 map, but the cave and fort vanished from later maps and lost their visible trace. That sudden disappearance suggests the passage was hidden, buried or stopped being used before the land was drawn again. It may have been a shelter, a boundary marker or a forgotten route through Kerry stone.
Circular enclosure KE014-058---- is clearly marked on the 1842 OS map. 'Cave' is marked in the centre of the fort. It does not appear on the later edition OS map, and no surface trace survives today.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 819. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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