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Liskylenagappagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Liskylenagappagh
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Situated just off the crest of the S-facing slope of a hill. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular overgrown area (diam. 30.5m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3-4.8m; int. H 0.4-0.9m; ext. H 1.6m), and an outer fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.5m) SW-E. There are modern entrances at N and S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016
Liskylenagappagh, Garrynagry is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, with a diameter of 30.5m and a bank 3.3–4.8m wide. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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