Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Knockainy West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockainy West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI032-173----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Identified as a possible megalithic structure on top of Knocakiney Hill by Westropp (1916-17, 23) who described the monument as follows: 'A group of pillars stood before the great fort of Temar Luachra, and a notable pillar group on Knockaney Hill, supposed to be the echlasa, or snow shelter of the horses of the Ultonians’. According to Westropp (1917-19, 62), ‘The echlasa pillars – No trace remains; they may have been used for the material for the castles and other buildings in the village below the hill’. The precise lcoation of these pillar stones which may have been the remains of a megalithic structure on Knockainey Hill has not been identified.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 10 November 2020
References
Westropp, T.J. 1917-19 The Earthworks, Traditions, and the Gods of South-Eastern Co. Limerick, Especially from Knocklong to Temair Erann. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature 34, 127-183.