What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknacross is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknacross, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough poorly drained pasture near the base of a south-facing ridge slope. A circular area twenty metres across sits inside a three-metre wide earthen bank that reaches eighty centimetres internally and sixty centimetres externally. Remains of internal stone kerbing appear along the northern arc, while a band of rushes marks the silted-up external fosse.

In rough poorly drained pasture, near the base of the S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 20m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m) which has remains of internal stone kerbing evident along its N arc. A silted-up external fosse is marked by a band of rushes (Wth c. 2m). The interior, which is overgrown with rushes, slopes down to S. There is a possible hut site (SL034-052001-) in the N half of the interior. 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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