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
- 54.16883, -8.49565
- SMR number
- SL026-061----
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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, on top of a ridge. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular embanked area (diam. c. 30m). It is now evident as an irregular area (int. dims. 20m N-S; 13.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m) and an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway across the fosse. Concentric to and c. 13m outside the fosse along the E edge of the rath, is an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m), possibly the remains of an outer enclosing element.
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
- Cistunder 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.