What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadoo (leyny By.) is in County Sligo, Ireland. It sits on a low rise at the north end of a long narrow field and appeared as an embanked circular area on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. Dense overgrowth now obscures the partially levelled remains, which measure 23 metres east to west and contain a farm trackway crossing the eastern half.

In pasture, on a low rise at the N end of a long narrow field. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m). This rath is now partially levelled and obscured by dense overgrowth. Remains consist of a circular area (23m E-W) defined by a slightly curved field boundary SW-WNW and by an arc of scarp N-SE. The E half of the interior is crossed on a N-S axis by a farm trackway and field boundary. In the W half of the interior is a slightly raised area (12m N-S) with a depression (Wth 3m; D 0.5m), probably the result of recent disturbance, extending c. 5m to W. 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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