What is recorded here

Knoppoge holds a circular earthen ringfort with a 29m internal diameter, its broad bank rising 2.2m above the surrounding land. A western gap admits entry to a slightly elevated interior where stone facing still lines part of the eastern edge. The fort sits between two fields, touched on three sides by fieldbanks, while a shallow external ditch marks most of its perimeter. It is the kind of place where ordinary farm life and forgotten ritual may have shared one small circle of earth.

Internal diameter 29m Situated between two fields, this circular univallate rath is touched S, NE and NW by fieldbanks. The enclosing bank is earth and stone in morphology and is on average 4.6m wide. The exterior height of the bank reaches a maximum of 2.2m, and rises to 1m above the interior. The external fosse can be seen for most of the site, except to the N to NE where it is not distinguishable. Elsewhere it is c 1.8m wide and .7m below the height of the surrounding land. A 2m wide gap to the W provides access to the interior, which is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land. In the E sector the interior of the bank is stone faced for 4.2m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 355. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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