Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lalistown

Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM024-072----) lies c. 175m to WNW. Monument described in 1971 and 1977 as an oval-shaped area (30.4m E-W; 26.3m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse with a gap in the bank at W, which may represent the entrance and a narrow gap at S appears to be due to disturbance. The earth and stone bank is substantial although it is reduced to a scarp at E and is slightly defaced in several other places. A modern stone wall running NNW-SSE is built against the base of the bank at W. There are very faint traces of an outer fosse. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 August 2019