Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknageeha (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknageeha (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18403, -8.38182
- SMR number
- SL027-005----
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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 rough grazing, on top of a high ridge. A circular area (diam. 31m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m) has internal stone facing and many narrow gaps including one at SE (Wth 1m), now infilled with stones. The fosse is evident as a wide shallow depression (Wth 4m; D 0.3m) with a dense growth of rushes. The rushes also grow in the interior. There is a field boundary immediately 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.