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Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisserdrea

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On the W-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. Subrectangular grass-covered area (dims 38.8m N-S; 31.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.3-0.45m; ext. H 2-2.2m) SE-NW which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.4-1.6m) elsewhere, separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7.5-9.5m; Wth of base 4-5.25m; D 0.6-1.4m) from a complete outer bank (Wth 3-4.7m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m), which has an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.5m) and third outer bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 1.2m) only SE-SW (max. ext. dims 67.3m N-S; 53.45m E-W). A gap (Wth 4m) in the middle bank at NE is the entrance. See the attached aerial view taken from the NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO005-038

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Ivanrlynn at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
  • Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY 2.5
  • Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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