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Lisdonalbowar

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Lisdonalbowar
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Lisdonalbowar is a fairy fort or stone ringfort in Knockbrack (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a raised roughly circular area on a ridge, enclosed by a drystone wall that reaches 1.35m externally. Blackthorn, hawthorn and brambles now overgrow the site beside a modern field boundary wall.
On top of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (diam. 25.5m N-S; c. 23m E-W) revetted and enclosed by a drystone wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.35m). The maximum width of the enclosing wall is 1.5m. The cashel is closely surrounded by a modern field boundary wall and overgrown with blackthorn, hawthorn and brambles. 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

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