What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockbreenagher is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockbreenagher, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough pasture on the west end of a ridge as one of two conjoined raths. An oval area measuring twenty-seven metres north-south and seventeen metres east-west sits inside a three-metre-wide earthen bank. A shallow external fosse surrounds most of the structure except the east arc where a field boundary touches the bank.

In rough pasture, on top of the W end of a ridge. One of two conjoined raths (SL027-151002-); an oval area (27m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m). A shallow external fosse (Wth c. 3m) is evident all round except the along E arc where a field boundary is built against the outer face of the bank. The fosse along the NE arc is shared with the conjoined rath (SL027-151002-). A field boundary respects the edge of the fosse SW-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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