What is recorded here

Knockeenadara hill in Kilworth Mountains still holds Cistvaen, a vast stone chamber waiting for the dead or the forgotten. Massive kerbs measure eight and a half by nine metres, though the south edge has lost pieces and the west stones lie broken. Little remains inside the circle, suggesting people took what they wanted or time erased the rest. The mountain kept the shape even when the meaning slipped away.

On summit of Knockeenadara hill at W end of Kilworth Mountains. Series of contiguous massive kerb-like stones (ranging from 0.45m-1.98m L; 0.35m-1.14m H) delimit area 8.5m N-S by 9.3m E-W. Some stones missing along S side and others prostrate along W perimeter. Little cairn material survives in interior; possibly robbed. Some possible cairn material survives on exterior along N side. Site may be compared with Cuppage (9829) and Knockaunavadreen (9830) and multiple cist cairn at Moneen (11931). (Cremen 1929, 43-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its large kerb-like stones and positioning on a prominent hilltop suggest it was a significant ritual or funerary monument in its landscape.

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