Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdoogan

In pasture, at the SE end of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (28m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) SSE-SW where it is incorporated into a field boundary and by a scarp (H 2.2m) SW-SSE. The interior is level. In the SE quadrant a slightly angled earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; H 0.6m) forms an internal division and in the SW quadrant there is a small arc of earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m); both of these features are probably of recent origin. 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