Lisheenarylane, fairy fort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture. According to local information levelled late 1970s. Depicted on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), truncated on NE side by roadway, with external fosse (ENE->N) shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map; on 1938 OS 6-inch map as hachured raised area (diam. c. 40m) with external fosse, entrance to SE. 'Two ramparts' with intermediate fosse and entrance to SE (Wth 24 feet) were recorded by Hartnett (1939, 85).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO060-057

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