Lisnaleenta, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on gentle NNW-facing slope. Circular area (62m NNW-SSE) enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m); external fosse (D 0.7m). Break in bank to SSE (Wth 5m) and NNW (Wth 4.5m), joined by farm trackway across interior. Fosse skirted by overgrown field boundary E->W. Interior partially overgrown with bushes.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO024-067

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