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Lisnagrough

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisnagrough
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In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (36m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 1m), with shallow external fosse. Bank heavily overgrown. Interior saucer-shaped; surface uneven. Low undulation probably indicates former existence of outer bank; supported by hachures depicting second bank, forshort section to S, on 1937 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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