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Lisalea

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisalea
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Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. This rath is represented on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793), and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular grass-covered area with mature deciduous trees defined by an earthen bank separated by rounded fosse from an outer earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 6.3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.4m). There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 4m) and outer (Wth 3.5m) banks at ESE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 May 2018
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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