What is recorded here
Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Lissacurkia (roscommon By.) is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lissacurkia (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies the north edge of a broad plateau overlooking a slight east-west fold. A subcircular grass-covered area measures 47 metres east-west and 43.7 metres north-south, defined by a grass-covered stone spread 3.5 to 6 metres wide. A four-metre entrance faces west-southwest, and a north-south relict field wall overlies the monument.
At the N edge of a broad plateau overlooking a slight E-W fold to the N. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 47m E-W; 43.7m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.5-6m; int. H 0.2m at N to 0.6m at S (upslope); ext. H 0.1m at S to 0.7m at N). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) at WSW and the monument is overlain by a N-S relict field wall. Moated site (RO028-084----) is c. 50m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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