Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockbeg West, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbeg West
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17310, -8.52149
- SMR number
- SL026-020----
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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 undulating pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 35m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 1m) which is overgrown with bushes and trees. The bank is extremely low at N possibly indicating the location of the entrance. Faint traces of a possible external fosse were also noted.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.