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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdarush

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located on a gentle rise of a NW-facing slope towards the bottom of Saddle Hill. This is a grass and scrub-covered oval area (int. dims 33.3m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m at E to 3.8m SW-W) which is reduced to a scarp in places. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. The monument is bisected by a N-S field bank, now levelled, and a disused farm track circumscribes it at SW. 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

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