Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissawaddy (RO028-004----)

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What is recorded here

On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43.8m E-W; 40.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) SW-W, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m at S to 1.3m at N) elsewhere, and a fosse (Wth of top 6.5-7m; Wth of base 2.5-2.8m; D 0.1-0.4m) NW-SW. There is no identifiable original entrance. The monument is overlain by a N-S field bank and drains W of the centre.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO028-004

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