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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissatunny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Sited on a slight SW-facing slope, in gently undulating and hilly pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 as a small subrectangular-shaped area (diam. 38m) enclosed by a low, steep earth and stone bank which is almost reduced to a scarp. There is no definite trace of a fosse. There is a large disturbance gap in the bank at W and at SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a slight W-facing slope. See attached profile of monument, surveyed and drawn by the ASI Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 15 July 2019

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