Barrow in Lisgillock Glebe, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located just off the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass- and rush-covered circular earthen platform (diam. 39m E-W; 38.5m N-S; H 0.8m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4-6.5m; Wth of base 2.8-3.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 3.8-4.7m; int. H 1-1.7m; ext. H 0.3m) with a hedge. The fosse is recut as a field drain E-S and the bank is adapted as a field bank N-E. There are many gaps in the bank but an original entrance is not identified. It may be a ringfort.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE029-017

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