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Lisbaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Map note: Find the recorded point for Lisbaun, a fairy fort or earthen ringfort around Ballaghfarna, County Mayo, Ireland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA090-032

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Oldnuff, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Kathy Lyons Photography (watermark on photograph), displayed by Balla Community and Rural Development, www.balla.ie
  • John D. Reigh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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