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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Acres (iraghticonnor By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Lissamogha, the ringfort of the milking-place, stood as a circular enclosure in Acres until machinery erased it entirely. It appeared on maps in 1841 and 1914, marking a ordinary human home where milk flowed and life continued. The earth swallowed the boundary, removing the fort but preserving the memory of hands that tended the place. What is gone can still be imagined, even when no stone remains to prove it.
Lissamogha/Lios an Mhacha (ringfort of the milking-place). Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps as a circular enclosure. This site has been completely levelled and no surface trace survives. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 153. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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