What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockadoo (leyny By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadoo (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a ridge above the Owenboy River and preserves a grass-covered oval marked by an earthen bank and scarp. A shallow hollow lies beside the eastern field boundary, while the raised earthwork still defines the ancient shape.

In pasture, on a ridge overlooking the Owenboy River to N. A raised oval area (17.6m N-S; 22.6m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) SW-NE and by a scarp (H 1.5m) elsewhere. The interior is grass-covered. There is a field boundary immediately to E and a hollow (c. 10m E-W; 8m N-S) immediately to NW. 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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