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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgorman

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Located on the SW-facing slope of a slight ridge on the floor of the Bonet River valley, with the headwaters of a small NE-SW stream c. 35m to the SE. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 34.2m E-W; 26.7m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4-3.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m) with some trees and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.3m), with an outer bank (Wth 3.5m; ext. H 0.3m) SW-W. The monument is circumscribed by a roadway E-SW, and the fosse is truncated by a NE-SW field bank at NW and a NW-SE field bank NE. A fragment of a quernstone is incorporated in the bank at ESE. Rath (LE011-090----) is c. 70m to the ESE. 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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