Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknahur South, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknahur South
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23836, -8.53445
- SMR number
- SL020-045001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the N end of a narrow flat-topped hillock in drumlin pasture, overlooking Ballysadare Bay. This is an elongated oval area which encompasses the hilltop. It is enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 0.60m, H 0.30m) with a fosse ( Wth 6m, D 1.05m) and an external bank (Wth 2m, H 0.20m). The interior of the site slopes from the SW to the NE. There is an entrance in the NE (Wth 1.30m) with a curving ramp (L 29m). In the SW there is a souterrain (SL020-045002-).
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 13 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.