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Lisduff

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisduff
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Lisduff is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisduff (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The site occupies pasture on a gentle north-facing slope. A 1913 Ordnance Survey map shows a hachured arc measuring about thirty metres, indicating a scarp aligned northwest to east. No structure remains visible at ground level.
In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. Indicated only on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as a hachured arc (C c. 30m) indicating a scarp NNW-E. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. 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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