What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockbeg East is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockbeg East, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies undulating pasture on a ridge and appears on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map as a roughly circular embanked area. It preserves an irregular enclosure bounded by an earthen bank and external fosse, with a southeastern entrance crossed by a causeway. A second concentric bank lies thirteen metres outside the main fosse along the eastern edge.

In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular embanked area (diam. c. 30m). It is now evident as an irregular area (int. dims. 20m N-S; 13.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m) and an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway across the fosse. Concentric to and c. 13m outside the fosse along the E edge of the rath, is an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m), possibly the remains of an outer enclosing element. 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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