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Hillfort in Knocksouna

Hillfort

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The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'W of the village of Killmallock, circular multiple enclosure surrounding the summit of isolated hill overlooking the Loobagh River 200m to the S. The site has a total footprint of approximately 2.8ha. Bivallate for most…

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The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'W of the village of Killmallock, circular multiple enclosure surrounding the summit of isolated hill overlooking the Loobagh River 200m to the S. The site has a total footprint of approximately 2.8ha. Bivallate for most of its circuit with widely spaced enclosing elements. No recorded entrance features. Immediately outside the inner enclosing element to the N are a number of earthworks and terraces which may comprise hut structures and relict field divisions. The internal enclosing element survives as a low lying bank. The outer enclosing feature is heavily overgrown and to the E is incorporated into a modern field system. The E side of the interior is overgrown with scrub. There have been no archaeological investigations of this hillfort. The hillfort was not recorded in any historic mapping' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0684.html).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-092

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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