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Lissard CO085-090---- in Liskillea

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Official monument number
CO085-090----
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In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (51.5m E-W; 46.5m N-S) enclosed by substantial earthen bank (H 1.95m) with external fosse (D 1.9m) NE->W. Gap in bank to E; entrance to N. Trackway runs outside bank to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO085-090

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  • Ballinora GAA club development update; individual photographer not stated, ballinoragaa.ie
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  • Ralph Rawlinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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