What is recorded here
Lismulbreeda holds a earthen ringfort that local memory still calls a fairy fort, blending human defence with supernatural warning. The clay bank rises without stone or owner, inviting people to wonder whether they faced a human home or a threshold into another world. That uncertainty is the point: the field keeps both truths alive at once.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
LismulbreedaFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 244 yd
Enclosure in Darragh SouthEnclosure · 866 yd
Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptistchurch/chapel · 2.2 mi
Cragbrien Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.2 mi
Teermaclane Housecountry house · 2.5 mi
Inch Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 3.2 mi
Abbey WoodForest · 3.5 mi
Poul na gollorCave · 3.6 mi
Gull RockNamed rock · 4.9 mi