Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockbeg East, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbeg East
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17125, -8.51015
- SMR number
- SL026-052----
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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, on top of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m) is evident all round. The fosse (max. Wth 5m; D 0.8m) is planted with trees; its width is increased along the N arc due to quarrying. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway (Wth 7m) across the fosse. The interior slopes down to 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.