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Lisfeean

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a very gentle NW-facing slope, in a lowlying landscape, in rough ungrazed pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). Depicted and named ‘Lisfeean’ on all OS historic mapping. A roughly subcircular area (42m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by an earthen scarp (Wth 1m; H 1.05m) which is obscured for the most part by…

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On a very gentle NW-facing slope, in a lowlying landscape, in rough ungrazed pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). Depicted and named ‘Lisfeean’ on all OS historic mapping. A roughly subcircular area (42m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by an earthen scarp (Wth 1m; H 1.05m) which is obscured for the most part by dense vegetation, an intervening fosse S-W (Wth at base 3.7m; overall Wth 5.5m; D 0.9m) and NE-S where it is very shallow (D 0.2m), and an outer bank S-W (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth at top 1.7m; overall Wth 5.5m). The interior is mostly overgrown with briars but there is a grassy clearing in the SW area. A tertiary road is located c. 25m to SE and the Annagapple River is situated c. 38m to NW. The following images have been uploaded: CL027-028----_01.jpg From SE. General view of monument from roadside. CL027-028----_02.jpg From NW. Cross-section view of fosse at SW. CL027-028----_03.jpg From SE. Cross-section view of bank at SW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL027-028

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.sciencephoto.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
  • Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Natasha Barton, credited by The Clare Echo, www.clareecho.ie
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