Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lissatunna, County Clare

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What is recorded here

In pasture at the W end of a prominent E-W ridge (just above the 30m contour) with good views to S, W and N. Hachured on both the first (1840) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map, and named ‘Lissatunna’ on the latter. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). A densely overgrown bivallate earthen rath (int. 22m E-W) is defined by an inner bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2m; Wth 4m), a fosse (Wth 4m), and a second, outer bank (ext. H 0.4-1m; Wth 2-4m). A stretch of the outer bank (L 11m) at the SSE has been reduced (H 0.1m; Wth 2m) and a corresponding section of the inner bank has been truncated along its outer face here too. The densely overgrown interior slopes gently down to SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL015-096

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