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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissireen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Lissireen, meaning ringfort of Irín, hid in plain sight for decades because the 1841 map forgot it while the 1898 edition remembered. A fieldbank now cuts the ancient circle, erasing the boundary that once held human life or fairy mischief. The soil keeps the shape even when the surface forgets it.
Lissireen/Lios Irín (ringfort of Irín). This circular enclosure, which is situated three fields S of KE021-030----, is not marked on the 1841-42 OS map. It does appear on the later edition of 1898 and is cut by a fieldbank running NE-SW. No surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 773. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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