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Lissard, Hachured

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

In pasture, on the demesne lands of Attyflin House located 1km to S. Annotated ‘Lissard’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map where it is depicted as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank. Depicted as an enclosure on the 1897 OS 25-inch map where it is shown as a raised circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 15m, approx. ext. diam. 21m) surrounded by trees with a disused lime-kiln 10m to S. Outline of tree-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. This orthophoto shows remnant field boundaries to the E and NE as depicted on the 1840 OS map. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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