Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnahoon

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What is recorded here

In a low-lying position in a basin. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 36.5m NE-SW; 34.4m NW-SE) defined by a fosse (at E: Wth of top 4.8m; Wth of base 1.7m; int. D 1m; ext. D 0.6m) NW-E-SSW and a drain elsewhere. There is an entrance at NE and some scrub on the perimeter NW-E-SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO042-056

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