Knockdrum Stone Fort Explained

Knockdrum Stone Fort
Embedded:	Embed: yes Designation2: National Monument of Ireland Designation2 Offname: Knockdrum Stone Fort Designation2 Number: 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]}

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51.5265°N -9.1937°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Monuments of County Cork in State Care . 3 . heritageireland.ie . National Monument Service . 2 July 2020.
2. http://www.ancientireland.org/knockdrum/index.htm Ancient Ireland
3. http://www.megalithicireland.com/Knockdrum%20Stone%20Fort.html Megalithic Ireland
4. http://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-cork.pdf archaeology.ie
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pe06laSJ-20C&dq=Knockdrum+Fort&pg=PA528 Google Books
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=O5ISHBTWyQQC&dq=Knockdrum+Fort&pg=PA51 Google Books