Enclosure in Lisdoogan, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

On the NE-facing slope of a ridge. Trapezoidal area (33m NE-SW; 48m SE-NW on NE side; 20m on SW side) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1m) with external stone-facing. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) in the SW corner. The interior slopes down to NE and is raised on the N side to compensate for the hillslope; a drain has been cut along the inner side of the bank at NE. The bank along the NE side is incorporated into a NW-SE field boundary. Recorded in 1836 as 'Lisdoogan fort' (OSNB vol. 2, 233). Raftery (1974, 84) suggested there was an outer bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-169

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Neville Goodman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastern Harps GAA Club; individual photographer not named, www.easternharps.com
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Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit printed on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie

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