Knockdrum Stone Fort
Knockdrum with a view of the sea
Official nameKnockdrum Stone Fort
Reference no.284[1]

Knockdrum Stone Fort is a circular stone rath, ringfort, or hilltop fort near Castletownshend in County Cork, Ireland. It was restored before 1860, and there were archaeological excavations from 1930–31. The three-metre thick walls are reported as either 2 metres or 1.75 metres high depending on the source, and as 29 metres in diameter.[2][3] The site is owned by the Irish Government which has declared it a national monument.[4]

Inside the fort are the stone foundations of a rectangular building with a souterrain, a type of structure characteristic of the European Iron Age, but often of later date in Ireland. There are cup marks both inside and outside the wall.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "National Monuments of County Cork in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 3. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Ancient Ireland retrieved 26 September 2015
  3. ↑ Megalithic Ireland retrieved 26 September 2015
  4. ↑ archaeology.ie retrieved 26 September 2015
  5. ↑ Google Books retrieved 26 September 2015
  6. ↑ Google Books retrieved 26 September 2015

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