What is recorded here

Knockalassa Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tawnagh (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures about 30m across and sits at the top of a northeast-facing ridge slope. A 4m wide earthen bank encloses the centre, while a separate 4m wide external ditch cuts through the ground outside that bank. A stone-lined eastern entrance spans 1.4m and uses a causeway to cross the ditch.

In pasture, at the top of the NE-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1m; ext. H c. 1.8m), with internal stone facing and by an external fosse (Wth 4m). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.4m) at E with a causeway across the fosse. The perimeter and part of the interior are densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes. 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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