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Lisduggan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisduggan
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In pasture, atop rise. Circular slightly raised, area (50m E-W; 47m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.75m), low to ESE and planted with deciduous trees; external fosse (D 1.35m). Remains of limekiln in bank to ESE; break in bank to E; causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) to W. Fosse area quarried into to SW; shallower to ESE, adjacent to lime kiln occurs in bank. Ringfort (CO023-167---) lies c. 200m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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