Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknageeha (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknageeha (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18705, -8.38425
- SMR number
- SL021-077----
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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
In marshy ground, at the top of the N-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (diam. 22m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) with stone kerbing, an intervening fosse (Wth 3m) and an outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.8m). The outer bank is truncated by a road along the S arc. A possible entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at E. The boggy interior is overgrown with rushes and irises.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.