What is recorded here

Knockbrack holds two conjoined earthen rings on a south-facing slope, the eastern one levelled into pasture but still marked by radiating field boundaries and a hidden underground passage. The site dates from the medieval period, when such raths served as fortified homesteads for local families. Its shape suggests human ambition and endurance, even if the original builders are forgotten.

In pasture, on a S-facing slope. This rath, the most easterly of two conjoined raths (see KE038-033002-), is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1892 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) with field boundaries radiating from it at N, ESE and SSW and with the second rath adjoining it along its NW arc. The opening to a Man-made underground passage (KE038-033001-) is visible in the interior of this levelled rath. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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