Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockalass (corran By., Kilshalvy Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockalass (corran By., Kilshalvy Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04751, -8.52910
- SMR number
- SL039-055----
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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
At the S end of a narrow moderately steep-sided pasture ridge. Depicted on the 1st ed. (1837) of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (est. max. diam c. 40m). An almost square area (int. 22m N-S; 21.3m E-W) is defined by a fairly steep scarp (H 1.2m at S-1.9m at N) and a wet outer fosse (Wth 1.6m at N-3.4m at WNW) WNW-N-SE, which has been dug away along with portion of the interior SE-S-WNW. A later hedged field bank runs along the outer lip of the fosse WNW-N-SE.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 05 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.