Lisnacloonagh, fairy fort in County Clare

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What is recorded here

On a S-facing slope. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.3m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 0.9-1m) NE-SW which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.4-1.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.6m; ext. D 0.3m) WSW-N. The original entrance could not be identified.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL038-027

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