What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Largan (leyny By., Ballysadare East Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Largan (leyny By., Ballysadare East Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a south-facing pasture slope and forms a slightly raised circular area twenty-two and a half metres across. An earth and stone bank lines the eastern arc while a scarp defines the remaining boundary. Shallow fosse remains appear along the southern arc, and a north-south field wall crosses the overgrown eastern interior.

In pasture, on a S-facing slope. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 22.5m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.5m) along the E arc and by a scarp elsewhere. Shallow remains of a fosse (Wth c. 3m) are evident along the S arc. The E portion of the interior is covered with overgrowth and crossed by a N-S field boundary wall. 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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