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Lissaree KE057-068---- in Ballymalis

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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KE057-068----
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What is recorded here

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'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE057-068

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Hidden Valleys of the Reeks; photographer not stated, Hidden Valleys of the Reeks
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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