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Hachued KK018-014---- in Lisballyfroot

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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KK018-014----
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In pasture. A roughly circular enclosure is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map, by the 1900 revision the outer bank from NNE-E-S appears to have been removed. A bivallate ringfort (int. diam. c. 23m; overall diam. c. 40) consisting of an earthen bank with a stone core (int. H c. 0.5m; overall Wth c. 2.4m),…

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In pasture. A roughly circular enclosure is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map, by the 1900 revision the outer bank from NNE-E-S appears to have been removed. A bivallate ringfort (int. diam. c. 23m; overall diam. c. 40) consisting of an earthen bank with a stone core (int. H c. 0.5m; overall Wth c. 2.4m), a waterlogged fosse (Wth c. c. 2-5m; D 0.8m) and an outer bank (ext. H c. 1.2m; overall Wth c. 5.8m). In 1950 the monument was partially archaeologically excavated by Gearóid Ó hIceadha of the OPW prior to its removal as part of Land Project works (OPW correspondence, November 1950). There is a measured plan [in imperial] of the monument showing the excavation cuttings, as well as a profile across the ringfort (ibid.). The excavation consisted of a cutting through the E and S quadrants from the centre of the outwards and a number of other smaller cuttings (ibid.). The finds included a stone-lined hearth, a spindle whorl, iron knife and hones (ibid.). No pottery or bones were found (ibid.). The monument has been levelled, though its outline is visible on satellite imagery.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK018-014

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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