What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockadalteen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadalteen, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slight NNE-facing slope near the NW end of a ridge in pasture. The roughly circular site measures 18m north-south and 18.5m east-west. An earthen bank rises 0.6m inside and 1m outside along the ENE-SE edge.

In pasture, on a slight NNE-facing slope near the NW end of a ridge. A slightly raised roughly circular area (18m N-S; 18.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) ENE-SE, by a scarp (H 0.4m) SE-SSW and by an earthen bank SSW-W. The bank and part of the interior have been removed by quarrying W-ENE. 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

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