Lisheengorm, fairy fort in County Limerick (LI039-060----)

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In reclaimed pasture 80m S of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Athlacca South. Ringfort (LI039-017----) lies 550m to SE. Annotated ‘Lisheengorm’ on historic OSi maps. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 27m NE-SW; 24m NW-SE) defined a scarp with fosse and outer bank from SE-W-NE. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded that ‘There are also two ancient forts in this townland. One in the N called Lisheengorm, and the other in the S’ (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree 137). Levelled monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI039-060

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