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Lisheen in Loughglinn Demesne

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an arc of a bank SW-NE (C c. 35m) and described in gothic lettering as 'Lisheen' - the little lios. It is situated on a slight N-facing slope in a deciduous wood. An arc of an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) survives W-N.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-057

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Jscaguiat, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Duncan Grant, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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