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Enclosure in Lissergloon

Enclosure
Enclosure in Lissergloon
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In a wet meadow at the foot of a drumlin, SE of a small natural island and c. 100m NE of a crannog (SL027-163001-). A semicircular area (C c. 64m) defined by a wall (max. H 0.75m) of large stones piled on top of each other in at least three layers. The enclosure is open to the S where it faces the former lake, Castle Lough. 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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