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Lisleagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope with the headwaters of the N-S Aughkilladoon stream c. 40m to the W. Subcircular area (dims. 33m E-W; 27.5m N-S) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3m at S to 7m at N; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m), which is incorporated into a road bank NE-S. Traces of a fosse survive W-NE. There is no visible entrance, and the bank is planted with trees.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA013-022

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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