What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the south side of a ridge top and preserves a circular area eighteen metres across. An earthen bank two and a half metres wide encloses the space, reaching its greatest height along the northern arc. The western section has become part of a field boundary, while rushes and irises mark a possible external ditch.

On the S side of a ridge top. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 18m) enclosed by remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.8m), best preserved along the N arc with only faint traces along the E arc. The bank is incorporated into a N-S field boundary along the W arc. A thick band (Wth 2m) of rushes and irises may indicate the line of an external fosse. A possible entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at ESE. The interior is covered with rushes and long grass and slopes gently down to S. The perimeter of the rath is overgrown with gorse and hawthorn bushes. An E-W field boundary lies immediately to N and another on the same axis extends to E from the NE bank. 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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