Cnoc na Cille

Knocknakilla's name derives from a Bronze Age stone circle, one of County Cork's most significant megalithic monuments, erected during the Middle or Late Bronze Age approximately 3,500 years ago (circa 1600-1800 BCE). The complex comprises five standing stones (two collapsed), portal stones, and a radial cairn with eleven stones discovered in 1970. The entrance faces north-east, suggesting deli...