Enclosures of this kind are among the most commonly recorded monument types in Ireland, ranging from the circular earthen ringforts of the early medieval period to prehistoric field boundaries and ceremonial enclosures, yet each one carries its own particular character shaped by local topography, construction method, and the lives once organised within or around it. The name Knocknanarney itself hints at something worth attending to, most likely derived from the Irish, with "cnoc" meaning hill, suggesting the enclosure occupies or overlooks an elevated position in the landscape.

Beyond the name and the county, the formal record for this site has not yet been made publicly available, which places Knocknanarney in an curious category of documented-but-undescribed monuments, officially noted, mapped, and assigned a record, but not yet accompanied by the kind of fieldwork notes, measurements, or condition assessments that would allow a fuller picture to emerge. Kerry is exceptionally rich in such sites, with the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas alone containing dense concentrations of prehistoric and early medieval remains, many of them still only partially understood.