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Embanked enclosure — Lisnanuran

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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What is recorded here

On top of a low rise. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured feature on the 1911 edition. It was described in 1967 (SMR file) as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (H c. 0.8m). It is now a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a slight scarp. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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