Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockadoo (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockadoo (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14975, -8.65695
- SMR number
- SL025-057001-
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
In pasture, at a break of slope on the E-facing side of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 26.5m NE-SW) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.9m), with traces of internal stone kerbing, is evident all round apart from a short section (L c. 5m) at E which is levelled. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SSW, with traces of possible stone facing on its E side. The outer bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.65m) and intervening fosse (Wth 3m) are evident only S-W. The interior is level and there is a souterrain (SL025-057002-) in the N half. A house has been built immediately to NE and a disused railway line lies immediately to S.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.