Lishahoon, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 55m) defined by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 1m; outer bank: H 1.35m) with intervening fosse. Outer bank severely eroded in parts by cattle. Man-made underground passage (CO061-037002-) in interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO061-037001

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