What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismerraun is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lismerraun, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area measures twenty-three metres across and sits on a ridge above a lane. Two earthen banks and a narrow ditch surround the centre, with a possible western entrance. Another rath lies seventy metres to the east.

In pasture, on top of a ridge and immediately N of a lane. A raised circular area (int. diam. 23m) enclosed by an inner weathered earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.45m), an outer bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m) and an intervening fosse (Wth 3.5m). There is a possible entrance through the inner (Wth 2m) and outer banks (Wth 3.5m) in the W arc. Another rath (SL047-047----) lies c. 70m to E. 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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