Enclosure in Knockroe (kiltoraght Ed)

Near the E-facing slope of a reclaimed E-W running ridge in an area of otherwise undrained marshy pasture, overlooked by high ground to the W but with good views otherwise. Limestone erratics are visible in nearby fields to the E and S and an old dish-shaped quarry is located downhill to the S. Hachured as a roughly subcircular enclosure on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1916 ed., it is depicted as being more rectangular in plan and a line of hachures indicate its S, W and N sides. A subrectangular enclosure (29.5m N-S; 28.2m E-W crest to crest) defined along the S and W sides by a low earthen bank (Wth 3m at base; H 0.7m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) along the N side. No visible trace of the E side survives. A low wide earthen mound (Wth 3m; H 0.2m) extends off the E end of the N side and runs downhill to the N, it may be an old field boundary. Current aerial imagery (OSi digitalglobe 2011-2013) shows another field boundary extending off the E end of the S side; it runs SW-NE (L c. 82m) and then veers towards the SW. There are two wide gaps in the bank on the W side, one to the S (Wth 2.8m) and one to the N (Wth 2.1m). Two cattle gaps are visible in the S side. The interior slopes to the N and near its centre there is an enormous limestone boulder, now piled with field-clearance rubble on top of and around it. A low grassed-over and collapsed stone wall extends from it to the S side of the enclosure. A disused and grass-covered pit lies c. 26m to the S.