Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockadoo (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockadoo (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15685, -8.65256
- SMR number
- SL025-033001-
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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
Within the N half of a rath (SL025-033----). A raised oval area (21m NE-SW; 17.4m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.15m) NNE-NNW and by the bank of the rath NNW-NNE, the bank being widest at N (Wth 2.9m) where it merges with the rath. Traces of external stone facing are evident on the bank at SW. There is a gap (Wth 1.4m) in the bank at NE. The S portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A small slightly raised rectangular area (3.4m x 2m), defined by a low sod-covered bank (Wth 0.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m), is built against the internal face of the bank at NNW. Part of the bank and the interior are cut away along the NE arc and a stone hut (c. 3m x 3m) is built against the external slope. A rectangular garden surrounding a disused cottage abuts the enclosure and the rath at N.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.