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Lisdongelagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisdongelagh
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Lisdongelagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ogham (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture on a low ridge as a raised oval area measuring 18 metres north-south and 25 metres east-west. The site contains low remains of an earth and stone bank with internal and external stone-facing, a stone-lined entrance at the southeast, and a terrace outside the south-west bank. Overgrowth now covers the bank.
In undulating pasture on a low ridge. A raised oval area (18m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by the low remains of an earth and stone bank (Wth 5.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m) with remains of internal and external stone-facing. The stone-lined entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SE. There is a terrace (Wth 5m; H 0.6m) outside the bank S-W. The bank is covered with overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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