What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissonuffy is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissonuffy, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-west-facing slope and measures 47.2 metres across. An earthen bank, nine and a half metres wide at its base, defines the west and north-east perimeter, while a lower scarp marks the south-west. The church of Lissonuffy stands within the east sector, but a rectangular graveyard imposed around 1820 cut through the east and south edges.

On a gentle SW-facing slope. This is a circular area (diam. 47.2m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 9.5m; Wth of top 3.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) W-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m at SW) SW-W. The church of Lissonuffy (RO029-099001-) is within its perimeter at SE, but the rectangular graveyard (RO029-099002-), which was imposed on it c. 1820 (O'Flanagan, 1931 vol. 2, 44-5) truncated the perimeter at E and S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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