
What is recorded here
On high ground on NE-facing slope of elevated land, in rough pasture with forestry abutting to the immediate N. Annotated 'Lisselim' and bisected by townland boundary running E-W on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (25m E-W; 21m N-S) with townland boundary of Doon North forming N enclosing element of monument. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped, scrub-covered enclosure on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. The Google Earth orthoimage shows new forestry planted to E, S and W.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 12 July 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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