What is recorded here
Lissard Fort is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonkeen (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The circular grass-covered area measures 32m north-south and 30m east-west, bounded by an earthen bank 3.4-4.8m wide and 0.3-1.1m high. A second rath sits 30m to the west on the same low east-west ridge.
On the crest of the E end of a low E-W ridge which is at the N foot of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-4.8m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) NNW-E-S which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) with a field wall outside it elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO-026-013----) is c. 30m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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