Looking to the second summit of knockroe, over the bank in foreground to the summit with the cross on it. There is a pass between the two summits with a water source which would probably have been very useful in the event of siege.
More of the bank of the hillfort from the inside
Part of the bank of the hill-fort
Unusual lake at base of Knockroe.
A closer view this time from the standing stone at Ballybricken East
Up on the hill there is a hill-fort, looks like a pretty natural place for one really
This is a very impressive hill but i couldn’t really see any sign of the hill-fort on it but I think it may be worth a look another day. It looks like a very easily defended site so would be perfect for one. There also seems to be quite a few standing stones around the foot of it with the hill as there focus.
Edit 15th May 2007
Knockroe is a very impressive hill-fort. It has a bank about 1m high and about half of it and the rest is protected by shear cliff. The whole hill seems to be full of monuments and old field walls however I’m not sure what period they are from although the mound and the barrow stick out to me as being prehistoric/ iron age.
There is evidence of a well between the two peaks of Knockroe and this would have been of massive importance to a defensive site.
It is also intervisible with the col on Knockfennel to the south-west.
