What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockbreenagher is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockbreenagher, County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies rough wet pasture near the base of a south-facing ridge slope. A slightly raised circular area measures twenty-two metres north-south and twenty-one metres east-west. An earthen bank encloses the space with numerous gaps.

In rough wet pasture, near the base of the S-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (22m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.1m) with numerous gaps. A band of rushes (Wth 1m) along the N arc may indicate the line of the fosse. The interior slopes slightly to S and the S portion is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A field boundary extends to E from the rath and remnants of another extend to NE. 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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