What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissalway is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissalway, County Roscommon, Ireland. The D-shaped site measures 30.3 metres by 25.2 metres on a broad plateau. An earthen bank and scarp define most of the boundary, while a wide rush-filled fosse marks the remaining edge. A field bank now cuts through the northern section, hiding that part from view.

Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP: M 83-4), and situated on a broad plateau in a low-lying landscape. D-shaped grass and rush-covered area (dims 30.3m WNW-ESE; 25.2m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) E-S and a scarp (H 0.3m) S-NW, with a fosse visible as a band of rushes (Wth 3-5m) E-S-NW. The entrance (Wth 3.5m) and causeway (Wth 3m) are at ESE, but the monument is truncated by a WNW-ESE field bank at N (L 22m) and is not visible N of this feature. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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