What is recorded here
Lissadangan Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Foxborough (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a low plateau in a low-lying landscape as a circular grass-covered platform measuring 35 metres east-west and 32.7 metres north-south. Mature deciduous trees grow on the platform, which is defined by a rounded fosse with a top width of 4 to 6 metres and an internal depth reaching 2.2 metres at the south. Rectangular fields marked by low scarps or banks lie to the east near the north-south drive to Foxborough House, about 190 metres to the south-south-east.
On a low plateau in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 35m E-W; 32.7mN-S) with some mature deciduous trees defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 4-6m; Wth of base 1.4-1.7m; int. D 0.5m at E to 2.2m at S; ext. D 0.2-0.6m). The outer edge of the fosse is quarried at N, and there are rectangular fields (dims c. 60m x c. 40m) defined by low scarps or banks to the E associated with the N-S drive to Foxborough House, which is c. 190m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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