Liscoolan, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In upland pasture, with outcropping rock, to immediately E of a natural linear crevice running NW-SE and overlooking lower ground to E. Annotated ‘Liscoolan’ on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown as a circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Trivallate ringfort depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 25m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by three banks with intervening fosses. The outer bank is incorporated into a field boundary from NE-SE. Visible as an oval-shaped area covered with bushes on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI057-020

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Colin Park, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Glenroe Hurling Club official website; individual aerial photographer not named, glenroegaa.com
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