Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknakillew Or Woodhill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknakillew Or Woodhill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06061, -8.57199
- SMR number
- SL039-004----
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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 drumlin ridge, with commanding views. A circular area (int. diam. 27.9m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.65m; ext. H 1.85m) SSE-NNE with an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.3m); the enclosing elements are levelled elsewhere. The interior slopes gently down to E. The bank is incorporated into a field boundary system at S.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.