Knocknakilla
Sign in to saveKnocknakilla is the site of a megalithic complex () situated between Macroom and Millstreet, in County Cork, Ireland. It is set in blanket peatland on the north-west upper slopes of Musherabeg mountain and is thought to be 3500 years old.
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Knocknakilla is the site of a megalithic complex () situated between Macroom and Millstreet, in County Cork, Ireland. It is set in blanket peatland on the north-west upper slopes of Musherabeg mountain and is thought to be 3500 years old.
==Environment== The mid-Cork area is rich in archaeological artifacts, and the surrounding townlands contain two cashels, a ringfort, two fulacht fiadh, a possible souterrain and a circular enclosure. The word Knocknakilla is derived from the Irish Cnoc na Cille, as 'The Hill of the Church'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knocknakilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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