What is recorded here

Lisroughty is a grass-covered ringfort in a County Leitrim valley, its earthen bank still standing beside a narrow stream. People quarried part of the perimeter, taking stones for their own walls and tools, while the old entrance disappeared beneath grass and forgetting. What remains is a shallow circle, neither fully hidden nor clearly owned, large enough to hold a household or a story but worn smooth by time.

Situated in a valley with a small stream running S-N immediately to the E. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 33.5m NNE-SSW; 28m ESE-WNW) defined by an intermittently visible earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m at W to 1.3m at S) with some bushes, and a slight external fosse (at W: Wth of base 3m; D 0.1m) S-NW. The perimeter has been quarried (H 2.8-3.4m) NNW-NE, and the original entrance is not identified. 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. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Lisroughty is a grass-covered subcircular fairy fort (ringfort/rath) of likely early-medieval origin, situated in a valley with a small stream to the east. No specific folklore or historical references are associated with this site.

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