What is recorded here

Knockaunnagoneen hides a narrow stone chamber beneath the soil of County Kerry, roofed by flat slabs and blocked near its ceiling. The southern opening remains visible, measuring barely a metre wide, while the passage stretches at least four metres toward the north. Local tradition calls it a fort with a cave inside, suggesting people once built the chamber deliberately rather than leaving it to chance. The earth has since crushed part of the roof, turning a made space into a ruined shadow that still resists forgetting.

There are two collapsed openings to a stone-built Man-made underground passage passage (KE092-016002-) located in its SW quadrant. The opening at S measures .95m wide by .8m high, but the passage is infilled to within .4m of its roof. At least 4.3m long, it is aligned N-S and is roofed by a series of large flat slabs. This may be the site referred to as Knockaunnagoneen/Cnocán an Dúinín(?) or Cnocán na gCoinín in the OSNB, where it is described as a 'fort with a cave in it' (Templeno, 34). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 688. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

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