What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Streamstown (leyny By., Ballysadare West Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Streamstown (leyny By., Ballysadare West Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures 30m north-south and 31m east-west inside a 4m wide earth and stone bank that stands 1m high internally and 1.5m externally. A 4.8m wide, 0.75m deep ditch runs outside the bank, and a 2m wide southeast entrance crosses it by causeway. Quarrying removed part of the northeast quadrant, leaving the eastern, western and southern arcs best preserved.

In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 30m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by remains of an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 4.8m; D 0.75m). The bank is best preserved along the E and W arcs and along part of the S arc. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway across the fosse. Part of the NE quadrant has been removed by quarrying. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.