Fulacht fia in Lissard, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, 12m W of a watercourse. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised kidney-shaped area (dims. c. 19m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE) defined by a scarp with an external fosse from N-E. Faint trace of monument visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Possible fulacht fia. See attached Google Earth orthoimage.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI041-035

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