Lissacahalla, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on level ground, c. 100m to the N of the River Laune. This rath is not visible at ground level. According to local information, it was levelled in the 1970s. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and as a roughly circular enclosure on the 1894 OS 6-inch map, where it is depicted similarly to the surrounding field boundaries.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE065-014

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