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Lissaree

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lissaree
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In pasture, on level ground, c. 15m to the SE of the mill race of the Kerry Woollen Mills. This rath is indicated on the 1895 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m). According to local information, it was levelled 'decades ago'. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Lissaree, Ballymalis is a likely early-medieval ringfort, indicated on the 1895 Ordnance Survey map as a roughly circular enclosure about 40 meters in diameter, situated near the mill race of the Kerry Woollen Mills. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and it may have been considered a place of supernatural significance in folklore.

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