Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking site
Ballynakill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL027-162----
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The National Monuments Service's description
McCracken (1957, 133) lists Ballynakill as a charcoal-burning ironworks in the 17th and 18th centuries when ore was brought to here from 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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