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Lisheen, hachured

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisheen, hachured
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In pasture immediately W a conifer plantation. Enclosure (LI039-067----) lies 160m to N. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure. Annotated ‘Lisheen’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is shown as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. c. 57m N-S; 58m E-W) enclosed by a bank with external fosse from SE-SW and NW-N. Truncated at E by drainage ditch running NE-SW. Monument is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Outline of levelled monument visible on Google Earth orthoimages, shed-like structure visible on N edge of enclosing element. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 May 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 346/24 on 05/01/2003.

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