What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockbeg East is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockbeg East, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a ridge pasture and preserves a circular interior, earthen bank, tree-planted fosse, and a south-east causeway entrance. The visible earthworks match the description published in the Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo.

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m) is evident all round. The fosse (max. Wth 5m; D 0.8m) is planted with trees; its width is increased along the N arc due to quarrying. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway (Wth 7m) across the fosse. The interior slopes down to N. 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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