What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockaun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockaun, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough poorly drained pasture at the base of a south-facing slope and on the north bank of a stream. A circular area measures twenty-three metres east-west and twenty-one metres north-south, bounded by an earthen bank and a scarp. The stream flows along the base of the heavily denuded scarp along the southern arc, while a band of rushes probably marks a silted-up external fosse.

In rough poorly drained pasture, at the base of a S-facing slope and on the N bank of a stream. A circular area (23m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.5m) W-E and by a scarp (H 1.4m) E-W. The stream flows along the base of the heavily denuded scarp along the S arc. A band of rushes (Wth 2m) probably indicates the line of a silted-up external fosse W-E. The interior slopes down from N to S. 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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