Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockbreenagher, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbreenagher
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12732, -8.34121
- SMR number
- SL034-035----
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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 wet pasture, near the base of the S-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (22m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.1m) with numerous gaps. A band of rushes (Wth 1m) along the N arc may indicate the line of the fosse. The interior slopes slightly to S and the S portion is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A field boundary extends to E from the rath and remnants of another extend to NE.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.