What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissadorn, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west end of a low east-west ridge and presents a circular overgrown area about forty metres across. An earthen bank and outer fosse define the boundary, but no entrance remains visible. Another rath stands roughly one hundred and eighty metres to the east.
Towards the W end of a low E-W ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8-5.5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.8-2m) and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.2m at S to 3.6m at N; D 0.3-0.7m). There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO016-107----) is c. 180m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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