What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockgrania (corran By., Kilturra Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockgrania (corran By., Kilturra Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies rolling pasture on a drumlin and preserves a circular raised area bounded by an earthen bank and southern scarp. A western causeway crosses the external fosse beside a man-made underground passage, although quarrying has damaged the western and southern edges.

In rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 23.7m N-S; 24.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.2m) along the W, N and E arcs and by a scarp (H 1.4m) along the S arc. An external fosse (Wth 5.3m; D 0.2-0.3m) is evident at the base of the bank. The entrance is at NW, with a causeway (Wth 4.4m) across the fosse. The rath is partly quarried at W and S. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL039-085002-) opening into the fosse, immediately to W of the causeway. 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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