Knockdrum Stone Fort
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 Knockdrum with a view of the sea | |
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| Official name | Knockdrum Stone Fort |
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| 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]
