knocknashee

An exciting archaeological discovery in recent years was the identification of a hillfort at Knocknashee during an archaeological survery of county Sligo by the OPW in 1988.
Knocknashee means Hill of the Faries. It's 700m long and 320m wide. The site is located on a spectacular limestone table top plateau commanding a widespread view over the north Connacht plain. The area is enclosed by the two earth and stone ramparts in 53 acres.
The inner rampart skirts the edge of the plateau following the contour and is obscured somewhat by a modern stone wall built on top of it. The ramparts now have a maximum height of 1.5m and a width of 3.8m and are associated with interrupted rock cut ditches from which they are built.