Lisrisis, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on the W-facing slope of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (26m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.7m) N-S and by a scarp ( H 0.8m) S-N. The W portion of the level interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The SE arc is incorporated into a NE-SW field boundary. There is a faint trace of an external fosse (Wth c. 2m) along the W arc. A tractor track cuts across the interior from SE to NW. The perimeter of the rath is covered with overgrowth.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-126

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