What is recorded here

Knocknaneirk holds a fifty-metre earthen ring on a ridge above a steep stream valley, with causewayed gaps and a low central rise that may hide an underground passage. People called it a fairy fort, perhaps because the earth itself seems to breathe beneath the grass. A human hand may have shaped that hidden chamber, yet the site still belongs to mystery and memory.

In pasture, on ridge of high ground above SW-facing slope; steep fall to S, short distance beyond site, down stream valley. Circular area (51.5m E-W; 51m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1m); external fosse (D 1m); low counterscarp bank E->SSW. Breaks in bank to ENE (Wth 4m) and SW (Wth 5m); causewayed. Low rise crosses centre of interior on N-S axis; possible Man-made underground passage (CO083-090002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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