Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockbrack (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbrack (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01806, -8.92012
- SMR number
- SL036-058001-
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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. This rath has been levelled; a circular area (diam. 26.5m NW-SE) defined by remains of a bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) NW-NE and by a scarp along the SE arc. The interior is heavily poached by cattle and there is a possible souterrain (SL036-058002-) in the W half. Indicated as rectangular (dims. c. 20m N-S; c. 25m E-W) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map with the bank at S and W abutting field boundaries.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.