What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knocknashammer is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knocknashammer, County Sligo, Ireland. The possible rath sits in pasture on top of a drumlin but is not visible at ground level. Survey maps from 1838 and 1942 to 1943 showed a circular or D-shaped area about twenty-five to thirty metres across, bounded partly by a field line and partly by a scarp.

In pasture, on top of a drumlin. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1942-3 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 25m NW-SE) defined by a field boundary along the straight NW side (L c. 45m NE-SW) and by a scarp elsewhere. 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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