Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismannagh

Located in a low-lying landscape with a small N-S stream or drain skirting the perimeter E-S, and this joins a larger N-S stream c. 45m to the SW. This rath is not depicted on any map but is visible as a faint circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 154: H 001) and some later series. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 22m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25m) which is incorporated in a field bank E-S, and an external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.1m) S-W-NE. The original entrance is not identified. 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