What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismerraun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismerraun, County Sligo, Ireland. The possible rath occupies pasture on a gently sloping ridge but remains hidden from ground observation. Aerial photography reveals an arc of possible bank stretching roughly forty metres along the western edge of a north-south field boundary.

In pasture, on a gently sloping ridge. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. An arc of possible bank (C c. 40m) SE-NW on the W side of N-S field boundary is visible in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V227/35-6). 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

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