What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Knockbreenagher is a cliff-edge fort in Knockbreenagher, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a subcircular area on the north side of a deep stream gully in damp pasture overlooked to the southwest by a high ridge. A scarp one point one five metres high defines the west and southeast edges, while the steep-sided gully bounds the south and west. The site is in poor condition, obscured by overgrowth, and contains old cars, farm machinery and a deeply rutted track that breaks through the scarp at two points.

On the N side of a deep stream gully, in an area of damp pasture overlooked to SW by a high ridge. In poor condition, obscured by overgrowth and difficult to inspect. A subcircular area (32m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW) defined W-SE by a scarp (H 1.15m) with a slight internal rim, modified as a field boundary, and SSE-W by the steep-sided stream gully. Outside the scarp N-SE is a field drain (Wth 1.5m; D 0.45m) that continues beyond the fort at NNW. The interior is used as a dump for old cars and farm machinery. A deeply rutted farm track (Wth 2.5m) on a NNW-SSE axis crosses the interior, slightly NE of centre and there are corresponding breaks (Wth 3-4m) in the scarp at NNW and SE where the track enters and exits. 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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