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Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Lisnagranshy

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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What is recorded here

In level pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 238, no. 119) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ defined by a double-faced wall. A slight rise (H 0.3m) in the field level now indicates the outline of the enclosing element of this cashel (diam. 36m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-183

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