Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissaneagh, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on level ground, on the W-facing slope of a ridge. A roughly circular area (33.2m N-S; 36.5m E-W) raised c. 0.4m to 0.8m above external ground level. The interior is defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) along the N and SE arcs, by a scarp along the NE, E and S arcs and by a hedgerow elsewhere. An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.4m) is evident N-NE and E-W. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL032-067002-) in the interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL032-067001

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