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Lissane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lissane
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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a gentle NE-facing slope. The possible rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1838 and 1911 OS 6-inch maps as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 25m). 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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