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Lismahon

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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In pasture, on SSW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 39m N-S) enclosed by scarp (H 1.1m), with low internal lip (H 0.3m); external fosse SW->WNW (D 0.8m), shallow fosse elsewhere. Field boundary on scarp face encloses site NW->WSW. Gap (Wth 1m) to ENE. Interior raised on SW side to compensate for hillslope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO136-048

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Jonathan Pascall, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Keith Phelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Warren Buckley, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Neville Goodman, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; PAUL FARMER, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain

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