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Lisnafulla - Hachured

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In level pasture. Roughly circular area (46.4m NW-SE) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 3.05m) and external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 2.2m) NE->NW, and enclosed NW->NE by a field boundary on straighter arc than enclosing element which it replaces. Both inner bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) and outer bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.7m) are masked by dense overgrowth of briars and bushes and much denuded in places by cattle accessing interior. Level interior is under pasture. There is a small rise just SW of centre (3m N-S; 2.9m E-W; H c. 0.2m). Farm trackway skirts enclosure on W side; complex of farm buildings lie short distance to N. Field boundary which abutted enclosure at SSW has been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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