What is recorded here

Indicated is a passage tomb in Knocknashee Common, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands close to the north end of flat-topped Knocknashee Mountain, within a hillfort and at the northern limit of a possible Neolithic settlement. A circular, flat-topped cairn twenty-eight metres across holds a small roofed chamber where single stones form the sides and ends, a single slab serves as the floor, and one large slab roofs the structure. A broken gap in the north end-stone now permits entry to the chamber.

Close to the N end of flat-topped Knocknashee Mountain, commanding an extensive outlook and within a hillfort (SL032-013001-). This is a circular, flat-topped cairn (diam. 28m; H c. 2.5m) at or about the centre of which a roofed chamber (L 1.7m N-S; Wth 1.15m E-W; H 1.1m) is exposed. Single stones form the sides and ends of the chamber, a single slab serves as a floorstone and a single large slab roofs the structure. A piece has been broken from the top of the N end-stone and the resultant gap now permits access to the chamber. A rough wall has been built along the eastern side of the flat top of the cairn. This possible passage tomb lies at the N limit of the possible Neolithic settlement (SL032-013004-). Another possible passage tomb (SL032-013003-) lies c. 120m to NE. 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). Attached image: SL032-013002_01.JPG Viewed from NW Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Circular, flat-topped cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age. Its central position within a hillfort suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to landscape control or territorial markers.

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