What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockadoo (leyny By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockadoo (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures 37.2m north-south and 37.7m east-west within a 5.6m wide earthen bank. Gaps appear at the north, west and east, while a shallow depression outside the west bank may be the remains of an external fosse. A man-made underground passage occupies the south-west quadrant of the interior.

In pasture, at a break in slope on the N side of a ridge. A raised circular area (37.2m N-S; 37.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2.7m). Gaps occur in the bank at N (Wth 3m), at W (Wth 1.5m) and at E (Wth 1m). A field boundary has been built onto the external face of the bank E-SW. The bank has been dug into in several places E-S. A shallow depression (Wth 1.4m), evident outside the bank W-NNW, may be the remains of an external fosse. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL025-059002-) in the SW quadrant of the interior. 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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