Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnalegan

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What is recorded here

On a NE-facing slope towards the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 22m NW-SE; 20.8m NE-SW) defined by a flat-bottomed, reed-covered fosse (Wth of top 8.2-10.3m; Wth of base 7-8.7m; int. D 0.45-0.65m; ext. D 0.2-0.8m) WSW-N-ESE. The monument is truncated by a NW-SE field bank and hedge at SW, and there is a D-shaped pool beyond it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO035-048

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