What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknakillew OR Woodhill is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknakillew OR Woodhill, County Sligo, Ireland. The earth and stone bank surrounds a circular pasture area on a drumlin ridge with commanding views. A narrow external fosse runs beside the bank, while the interior slopes gently downward toward the east. The southern bank has become part of a modern field boundary system.

In pasture, on top of a drumlin ridge, with commanding views. A circular area (int. diam. 27.9m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.65m; ext. H 1.85m) SSE-NNE with an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.3m); the enclosing elements are levelled elsewhere. The interior slopes gently down to E. The bank is incorporated into a field boundary system at S. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknakillew or Woodhill is a circular early-medieval defensive or agricultural enclosure, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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