What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lahardan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lahardan, County Sligo, Ireland. The site sits in pasture at the end of a ridge but no longer shows at ground level. It appeared on the 1838 map as a circular area of rough ground and on the 1914 map as an embanked semicircle near a townland boundary and road.

In pasture, at the end of a ridge. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular area of rough ground and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an embanked semicircular area (c. 35m NE-SW; projecting c. 40m to NW) on the NW side of a townland boundary and immediately SW of a road. 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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