What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissagallan, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the west edge of a low ridge and presents a circular grass-covered platform that slopes downward to the east. Two man-made underground passages enter the perimeter at the northwest and southwest, while an east-west field bank crosses the northern edge.
At the W edge of a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 31.1m N-S; 29.3m E-W) sloping down to the E, defined by a scarp (H 0.35m at E to 1.25m at W). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but the monument is overlain by an E-W field bank towards the perimeter at N. The entrance to Man-made underground passage (RO039-006002-) is inside the perimeter at NW and the entrance to Man-made underground passage (RO039-00603-) is inside the perimeter at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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