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Lisconny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In undulating pasture, on a low ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 18.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1m). A possible entrance (Wth 3.5m) is at E. The interior is grass-covered. Three mature trees grow on bank. A linear cleft in the bank in the N arc may be the result of quarrying.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL026-105

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  • Djedi Guy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Zxcode / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Neville Goodman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit printed on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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