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Lisinnamoon Fort

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Lisinnamoon Fort
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On a NW-SE spur at the bottom of the S-facing slope at the E end of an E-W ridge. It is described as 'Lismanmoon' on the OS 6-inch maps. Subcircular grass-covered platform (dims 25m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown scarp (H 0.8m at SE to 2m at SW) N-E-W, with an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) on the perimeter W-N, across the neck of the spur. There is a berm (Wth 5-8m) at the base of the scarp N-E and S-NW, and a modernised entrance (Wth 4.4m) at NW. At the centre is a grass-covered cairn (RO022-042002-) (dims 10.5m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW; H 0.3-0.4m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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