Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Knocknashammer Or Cloverhill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknashammer Or Cloverhill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.24178, -8.51151
- SMR number
- SL020-055----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the end of a ridge which is steep in the N surrounded by undulating pasture with views onto the Dartry Mountains, Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains. Comprises a circular raised area (Diam c 23m) which is embanked and enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 0.50m, Max. H 1.50m). There is no fosse or entrance evident. The interior slopes from S-N with cultivation ridges present. There are a number of stones in the interior which may suggest a souterrain.
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 14 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.