What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissaneeny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissaneeny, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised circular area sits on a ridge in undulating pasture and measures twenty-five metres north-south by twenty-nine metres east-west. A substantial earthen bank encloses the space, reaches one point three metres externally, and joins a linear field boundary to the east-northeast. Gaps appear at the north-east and south-east, while traces of a possible internal stone kerb remain along the south-west to north side.

In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (25m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, which is incorporated into a linear field boundary ENE-ESE. The bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.3m) has traces of a possible internal stone kerb or facing SW-N. There are gaps in the bank at NE and SE. Some quarrying has taken place c. 6m to S of the bank. 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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