What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockaun, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies a ridge top within forestry and preserves an eighteen-metre earthen bank that measures two metres wide. A field boundary curves around the north-east arc to mark a faint external fosse, while mature trees and cultivation ridges cover the area southwest of the bank.

In forestry, on top of a ridge. Indicated only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an arc of hachures N-ESE. The remains consist of an arc (C 18m) of earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) NNW-SE with faint traces of an external fosse emphasised by a field boundary curving around the NE arc. The area to SW of the bank is covered with mature trees and crossed by cultivation ridges. 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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