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 the highest point of a ridge in undulating pasture. A circular area measures 23.5m across inside an earth and stone bank. The bank is 1.6m wide, 1.6m high inside and 2.1m high outside.

In undulating pasture, on the highest point of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 23.5m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.1m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m). The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at E with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is wet and overgrown with bushes. A field boundary indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map abutting the rath at N has been levelled for c. 4m at its S end. 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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