Lisbeagh, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, W of Blackwater River, on break in S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m). Bank and interior heavily overgrown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO108-009

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