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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnafulla

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnafulla is a 36m circular earthwork on the E bank of the Killilagh River, partly hidden by briars and bounded on one side by a field edge that angles down to the water. People may have lived, herded or hidden there before the marsh took back most of the shape, while the fairies kept the rest for themselves.
In marshy pasture, on the E bank of the Killilagh River. A circular area (35.2m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed NNE->S by an earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) with an external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 2.8m), and enclosed S->NW by a field boundary travelling firstly on an E-W axis and then turning at an angle to run SE-NW to the river's edge. The enclosing bank is masked by a dense overgrowth of briars and bushes. The fosse is abutted by a field boundary at ENE. The interior is under rough pasture but with clusters of briars along its perimeter. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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