Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisduff (RO023-017----)

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On a N-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims. 58m NNW-SSE; 37.6m ENE-WSW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.3m at S to 1.1m at WSW) which is reduced to an overgrown scarp (H 1.2m) NW-NNE. There are slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.3-0.5m) NNE-SE and SSW-NW. There is a modern entrance (Wth 2m) at W, but an original entrance could not be recognised. A slight E-W scarp down to the N (H 0.8m) crosses the centre, and a N-S field bank overlies the interior towards the perimeter at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO023-017

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
Gaelic Athletic Association (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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