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Liscussee

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Located just S of the summit of a small N-S ridge, it is described in gothic lettering on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map as ‘Liscussee’. This is an oval or D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 36.6m NE-SW; 29.4m NW-SE) that slopes down slightly to the S. It is defined by an earthen bank and hedge with an outer fosse, but the fosse is replaced by a roadway W-N-ENE. The entrance (Wth of base 2m) is at SSE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO009-005

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Allie_Caulfield from Germany, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  • Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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