What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lysterfield, County Roscommon, Ireland. Map editions from 1837 and 1915 showed different shapes, but a surviving bank arc and faint ditch trace remain on the gentle slope. A temporary house occupied the centre until 1982, when it disappeared.

Marked as a rectangular feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) on the 1837 ed. and as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. An arc (C 24.7m E-W) of a bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.85m) survives WNW-ENE, with slight traces of a fosse at WNW. There is a record from 1982 of a house (RO045-132002-) as a slightly raised rectangular area (dims c. 5m x 5m; H c. 0.25m) at the centre (SMR file), which is no longer visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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