What is recorded here

Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Lislahelly is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lislahelly, County Sligo, Ireland. The raised oval area measures 27 metres east-west and 23 metres north-south on a narrow ridge. A wall of random limestone rubble encloses the site, though part is absent except for footings. A six-metre-wide ramp marks the original entrance at the east edge.

Straddling summit of narrow E-W orientated ridge in gently undulating rocky upland pasture. Raised oval area (27m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by a wall of random limestone rubble (T 1.25m; int. H 1.05m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The wall encloses the site SW-NE and appears to have been rebuilt as a field wall. The gable (Wth 4m) of a now derelict modern farmhouse extends just beyond the inner line of the removed cashel wall NE-ENE. From E-SW the wall is absent except for the footings (Wth 2.4m) at the level of the interior. The external basal facing of the wall has been rebuilt E-SW. A ramp (Wth 6m), widened in modern times, from the platform at E marks the position of the original entrance. The central one-third of the interior is level while the N one-third slopes slightly facing N and the S one-third slopes slightly facing S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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