Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnagirra

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What is recorded here

On a level landscape. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 43.9m N-S; 42.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3.1-5m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.75-1.6m) ESE-S-NNW which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 1.85m; ext. H 1.4m) NE-ESE, although the perimeter is truncated by a WNW-ESE field bank at N. There are traces of a fosse (Wth of top 4.2m; Wth of base 1.2m; D 0.1m) SE-WSW, and there are entrances at WNW (Wth 2m) and S (Wth 2m), the latter probably being original.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO041-080

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Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.isle-of-mull.net
Kk, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
RosCamán, Roscommon official hurling development committee; individual aerial photographer not stated, roscaman.ie
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, ru.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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