Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Knockroe (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04594, -8.35371
- SMR number
- SL040-114001-
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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 rocky pasture, on an E-facing slope above a pass through the Bricklieve Mountains. An oval area (int. diam. 19.3m x 16.5m) enclosed by a collapsed sod-covered rubble wall (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.75m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.7m) at SW. The interior slopes down to E and there is a souterrain (SL040-114002-) in the E half.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.