Lisabram, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture. Circular area (48.3m N-S; 46m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2.3m) with shallow external fosse to N and E. Bank incorporated into field fence system to S and W; inner face of bank to S has single stepped profile. Break in bank to NNE (Wth 2.3m) and WNW (Wth 2m). Low rise (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m) W->NE, concentric with and c. 8m inside enclosing bank. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO038-02102-) in NW quadrant. Laneway skirts bank on SW side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO038-021001

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