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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Liscallyroan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Liscallyroan stands on the north-facing slope of a drumlin in County Leitrim, a grass and rush-covered circle twenty-six metres wide with a shallow fosse and no clear entrance. It faces another rath eighty metres away, as if two quiet rooms were set on the hill for different kinds of visitation. People may have lived, hidden or marked territory there before the land forgot the doors.
Located towards the top of the N-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular earthen platform (diam. 26m E-W; 24m N-S; H 0.4m at S to 0.75m at N) defined by an intermittently visible fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.25m). The original entrance is not identified. Rath (LE031-028----) is c. 80m to the SSE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 15 October 2019

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