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Lisnalour

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lisnalour
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Lisnalour: The circular enclosure marked at this location on the OS maps was levelled in the 1970s (local information). A few discontinous stretches of a low bank survive. Ua Riain described the site in 1927 as a fairly well-preserved 'liss' with a diameter of 94 feet (28.6m). The enclosing element, which was surrounded by faint traces of an external fosse, had a maximum height of 7 feet (2.1m) and measured 11 feet 6 inches (3.5m) in maximum thickness. An inner 'ring', probably a hut site, measured 32 feet (9.7m) across. Abutting it externally at E was 'an almost square room made of stone' which measured 6 feet 9 inches (2.1m) x 6 feet (1.8m). This may have been a section of a Man-made underground passage (KE070-021002-). Four large slabs were removed from this location and broken up (local information). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 635. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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