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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lislea (granard By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a SSE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a small enclosed tree plantation on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised oval area (45.5m NNE-SSW; 39m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a wide bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.8-5.2m; H 0.2-1.2m) with a wide, deep, steep-sided, flat-bottomed, partially waterlogged fosse (Wth 3.2-c. 5m; D 0.6-1.1m). At the outer lip of the fosse is a narrow, low bank (Wth 0.3m; H 0.3m). This is the remains of a disused field boundary that may have been fashioned from a pre-existing outer bank. A break in the bank (Wth. 1.7m) with accompanying causeway across the fosse (Wth c. 2m; H 0.7m) at N marks the original entrance. The interior is overgrown with trees, bushes and scrub. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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