Lissyquirk, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In rolling pasture land. Circular area (29m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m); second bank (H 1m; Wth 4m) survives to NW; SW portion levelled recently. Interior heavily overgrown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO120-055

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