What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockadalteen is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadalteen, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures 24 metres across inside a 3-metre-wide earthen bank that stands 0.8 metres high internally and 1.4 metres externally. A possible 3-metre-wide entrance faces southeast, while overgrowth covers parts of the structure and quarrying has cut into the western bank.

In undulating pasture, on a rise. A circular area (int. diam. 24m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m). A possible entrance (Wth 3m) is at SE. The rath is partially covered with overgrowth and has been quarried into at W. 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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