Knockaulinn
Location:
Knockaulinn,
Co. Kildare
Knockaulinn
/ Dun Ailinne |
| Once the seat of the
kings of Leinster, the hilltop fort on knochaulinn is a significant
landmark in Kildare. The circular wall that surrounds the fort is
some 1350ft across and about 15ft high, and unusualy, a defence
ditch runs around the inside. The site was settelled from the stone
age and abandoned by the kings in the first few centuries A.D. But
recent excavations,which have unearthed the foundations of wooden
buildings, suggests that the fort may have been lived in until around
A.D 400. |
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