What is recorded here

Magic and myth are not the same. The claim is not that the circle is a fairy fort. The claim is that the circle is a cashel: a made place, a marked place, a human-made anchor. The fairy part is the desire to escape the fact. The cache part is the truth. The field is not a whimsical dream. The field is a visible chamber. The chamber is a cashel. The cashel is a place where human life learned the shape of God. The fairy label is a cage. The cache label is a door.

On the E-facing slope of a large ridge over-looking a valley, in a large multiperiod field system (CL005-014001-). Hachured on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the RMP (1996). A moderately well-preserved roughly circular cashel (19.2m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) defined by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 1.6m; max. H 1.1m) from SSW to NW and elsewhere by a grassed-over bank of collapsed stone. Outer-wall facing is evident from SSW to NW and inner facing (max. H 0.8m) is evident at NW and SE. There is no clear trace of an entrance, and the interior is featureless. A larger enclosure (CL005-254----) is located c. 30m to the N. The following image has been uploaded: CL005-069----_01.jpg View from SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 11 October 2022

A fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lislarheenmore is a circular earthen or stone enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries. It is associated with local folklore surrounding fairies and other supernatural beings, common to many such sites in Irish tradition.

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