Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockgrania (corran By., Kilturra Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockgrania (corran By., Kilturra Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02834, -8.57144
- SMR number
- SL039-085001-
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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 rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 23.7m N-S; 24.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.2m) along the W, N and E arcs and by a scarp (H 1.4m) along the S arc. An external fosse (Wth 5.3m; D 0.2-0.3m) is evident at the base of the bank. The entrance is at NW, with a causeway (Wth 4.4m) across the fosse. The rath is partly quarried at W and S. There is a souterrain (SL039-085002-) opening into the fosse, immediately to W of the causeway.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.