What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknageeha (corran By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknageeha (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rolling pasture on top of a drumlin and contains a level circular area thirty-one metres across. An earth and stone bank surrounds the interior while an external fosse cuts into the ground beside it. Trees and nettles now overgrow the rath densely.
In rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 31m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 0.4m). The interior is level. The rath is densely overgrown with trees and nettles.
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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