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Lisheenbeg

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown, earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.75m). External fosse survives as slight slope down to base of bank. Bank incorporated into field fence system SSW->NE; entrance (Wth 2m) to E; cattle gaps to S and WSW. Highest point of interior is W half, sloping down towards entrance to E and more gently to N and S. Man-made underground passage (CO041-10002-) in W half of interior.
In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown, earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.75m). External fosse survives as slight slope down to base of bank. Bank incorporated into field fence system SSW->NE; entrance (Wth 2m) to E; cattle gaps to S and WSW. Highest point of interior is W half, sloping down towards entrance to E and more gently to N and S. Man-made underground passage…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO041-100001

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  • Tim Sheerman-Chase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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