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Lisnabrack

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Described as ‘Lisnabrack’ in gothic lettering on the 1945 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is located towards the bottom of a steep S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 26.5m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0. 25m) which is intermittently reduced to a scarp, and traces of an outer fosse (Wth 4m) visible as lush vegetation at N. The original entrance is not identified. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
Described as ‘Lisnabrack’ in gothic lettering on the 1945 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is located towards the bottom of a steep S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 26.5m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0. 25m) which is intermittently reduced to a scarp, and traces of an outer fosse (Wth 4m) visible as lush vegetation at N. The original…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE007-045

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  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • John M, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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