What is recorded here

Knockastuckane holds a thirty-two metre earthen ring on a gentle slope, marked by a broken bank, shallow fosse and a quarry cutting through its west side. It belongs to a small group of forts recorded on Mr Leader's land, suggesting neighbourly building rather than a lonely display. The damage may have come from stone-taking for nearby walls or roads, yet the southern interior still rises to balance the hill. Under the pasture, the fort remains a made shape, waiting for people to remember that it was not a natural mound but a boundary drawn in earth.

In pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.95m) W->SW; external fosse (D 0.25m); outer earthen bank (ext. H 0.9m) to SE. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. Quarry extends from WSW towards centre of interior; rubble dumped around edge leaving only sides of interior to N, E and S undisturbed. One of five levelled and partially levelled single-ramparted forts (CO030-043---; CO030-048---; CO030-049---; CO030-050---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land. 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

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