Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknahur South, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknahur South
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.24001, -8.53061
- SMR number
- SL020-047----
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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 a local highpoint in undulating improved pastureland with views onto Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains. Comprises an oval enclosure (L 20m N-S, Wth 15m E-W). This is defined by a a bank (Wth 1.20m, H 0.30m). In the E and NE the bank is covered by a modern field wall.
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 13 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.