Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknacroy, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknacroy
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06872, -8.46515
- SMR number
- SL039-028----
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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 the N-facing slope of a drumlin. An oval area (int. diam. 26.4m N-S; 20.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m), except along the E arc where a scarp (H 1m) exists. The bank is best preserved along the S and W arcs where overgrown with bushes. An external fosse (Wth 6.4m; D 0.4m) is clearly visible along the N arc but is shallow elsewhere. The interior slopes gently down to E.
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
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.