What is recorded here
McCracken (1957, 133) lists Ballysadare as a charcoal-burning ironworks in the 17th and 18th centuries when ore was brought to here from nearby Dromahaire, Co Leitrim. The precise location of this ironworking site is not known.
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
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Ballysadare Railway Stationtrain shed · 373 yd
Enclosure in BelladrihidEnclosure · 561 yd
IndicatedPromontory fort, inland · 706 yd
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1455 yd
Union RockForest · 1.0 mi
SlievewardMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 2.4 mi