Mound in Knockanush East

'The minutes for a meeting of the County Kerry Field Club on 5th March 1949 record an outing to Knockanush district. A Mr. McElligott who at 80 years of age, described how he had excavated a number of mounds on the southern side of the hill, just below the top an the trivallate fort (KE028-061----). He described the mounds as containing '"little houses shaped like a beehive hut and cunningly constructed of small stones" in one example he found soot and remains of fire. On visiting the area where he excavated these sites the members of the club described some of them as still extant. They noted two series of them separated by a narrow rise and described then as circular and about the size of a small haycock. No trace of these sites survives today, located as they were on land that has been extensively improved. However, the description suggests they contained small corbelled structures, possibly burial chambers, though, they may also represent grain drying kilns or such features associated with the fort. However, it is highly unlikely more than one or two such kilns would be associated with a settlement.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 09 July 2012