Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknashammer Or Cloverhill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknashammer Or Cloverhill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23850, -8.50119
- SMR number
- SL020-063001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on the summit of a drumlin ridge in hummocky terrain with a deep valley to the NW. The site has panoramic views of the Dartry Mountains and the Ox Mountains. Comprises a circular raised area (Diam c. 25m) which is enclosed by a low degraded bank (Wth 3.70m, H 1.20m) with stones protruding from it. The interior rises slightly into a very low mound. There is an external fosse (Wth 2.50m, D 0.30m). Entrance in the S (Wth 2.30m) with the remains of a souterrain (SL020-063002-).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 15 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.