Knocknahur
Knocknahur, also known as Ransboro, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of Knocknahur North and Knocknahur South.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Cnoc na hlora” and “Ransboro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carrowmore and Knocknarea.
Carrowmore
Archaeological site
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Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic.
Knocknarea
Peak
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Knocknarea is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres. Knocknarea is visually striking as it has steep limestone cliffs and stands on the Coolera Peninsula overlooking the Atlantic coast. Knocknarea is situated 3 km northwest of Knocknahur.
Cummeen Court Cairn
Archaeological site
Cummeen Court Cairn is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Cummeen Court Cairn is situated 3½ km north of Knocknahur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballysadare and Strandhill.
Ballysadare
Village
Photo: Zxcode, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballysadare, locally also Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It is about 7 km south of Sligo town. The town developed on an important crossing of the Owenmore River. Ballysadare is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Ballysadare is situated 4½ km southeast of Knocknahur.
Strandhill
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Strandhill is a village in County Sligo, 9 km west of Sligo town on the south shore of the bay, with a population in 2022 of 2000. Its name is apt: a great expanse of strand before it and a steep hill behind, the scarp of Knocknarea.
Sligo
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Sligo is the principal town in County Sligo in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.
Knocknahur
- Category: human settlement
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.245° or 54° 14′ 42″ northLongitude
-8.53861° or 8° 32′ 19″ westElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
9C6H6FW6+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 52246751OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Knocknahur” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Knocknahur”
- Irish: “Cnoc na hIora”
- Russian: “Нокнахер”
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Highlights include Our Lady, Star of the Sea and Carrowmore 49.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Knocknahur”. Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.