Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknaskeagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknaskeagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01360, -8.55532
- SMR number
- SL039-115----
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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
On a low-lying S-facing slope between drumlins. A raised circular area (int. diam. 19m E-W) truncated by a field boundary wall and a lane on the SE arc. The interior is enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 7.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) along the W, N and E arcs and by a scarp along the S arc. A shallow external fosse (Wth 3m) is evident along the N and E arcs. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at S. The interior slopes down to 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.