What is recorded here
Knockcairn is a place of edge, a scarp that cuts the land into before and after. The counter force is not fantasy but the shape of the world returning its own force. To see Knockcairn is to remember that measurement needs an edge, and edge needs a body brave enough to be cut.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COUNTERSCARP RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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A.P. SITEA.P. SITE, circular cropmarks, large enclosure · 569 yd
CHURCH: CHAPEL OF KILTRODAN (unlocated) in DundrodCHURCH: CHAPEL OF KILTRODAN (unlocated) · 1289 yd
CHURCH: CHURCH OF KENLES (unlocated) in Knockcairn (possible); Tullyrusk (possible)CHURCH: CHURCH OF KENLES (unlocated) · 1.6 mi
Main StreetVisitor information · 3.2 mi
Slievenacloy Nature ReserveNature reserve · 4.1 mi
CollinMountain / peak · 4.9 mi
Belshaw's Quarry Nature ReserveNature reserve · 5.6 mi
CASTLE?: OLDSTONE HILL (unlocated) in OldstoneCASTLE?: OLDSTONE HILL (unlocated) · 5.7 mi
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Lisburn War MemorialMemorial · 8.2 mi
Linen Centre and MuseumMuseum · 8.2 mi