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Lisduff is a grass-covered ringfort on a low drumlin ridge in County Leitrim, its earthen bank still standing half a metre high after centuries of rain and foot traffic. The circular space measures twenty-three metres across, large enough for a household but small enough to feel like a chamber built by human hands rather than divine caprice. A second rath waits one hundred and thirty metres west, suggesting neighbours rather than loneliness. The land remembers shape even when memory fades, and these two rings prove that people once drew boundaries on living soil.

Situated on the crest of a low N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. c. 23m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 6.85m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m), with an external fosse (at S: Wth of base; 1.45m; ext. D 0.1m) SE-W-NE. The rath (LE032-102----) is on a parallel ridge c. 130m to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Date of revised upload: 5 December 2019

Lisduff is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, situated on a drumlin ridge and characterized by a grass-covered bank and ditch. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folk, and the name "Lisduff" may derive from "Lios Dúchfháil," meaning "fairy enclosure of the watchful guardian."

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