Lisnacaheragh, fairy fort in County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.3m), which is incorporated into a stone field bank NW-NE. There is an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) E-SW. The entrance at E has been widened.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA013-017

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