Lissycoyne, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, at the N end of a low ridge and in the N corner of a field. The slightly raised remains of a circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.4m) E-SW. Elsewhere the bank has been replaced by linear field boundaries which form the N corner of the field. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL034-119002-) in the N half of the interior, just inside the field boundaries. There are mature beech trees in interior and the perimeter is overgrown with hawthorn bushes.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-119001

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