What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lahardan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lahardan, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture on the northeast side of a ridge overlooking a small valley and Lough Arrow. A low broad earthen bank encloses a circular area nineteen and a half metres across, with traces of an external fosse along the western arc.
In pasture, on top of the NE side of a ridge overlooking a small valley to NE and Lough Arrow to SW. A circular area (int. diam. 19.5m) enclosed by a low broad earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m) with traces of an external fosse along the W arc.
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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- What survives
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