What is recorded here

Lissadoon is a tree-choked fairy fort in County Limerick, Ireland, whose curved boundary still shapes the southern edge of a nearby field. The ringfort stands immediately north of farm buildings, close enough for domestic life and ancient mystery to share the same soil. Its hidden depth suggests the land still remembers beings larger than the people who walked beside it.

In a heavily overgrown area immediately N of farmyard and farm buildings, 230m N of R506. Annotated 'Lissadoon' on 1840 OS 6-inch map where it is depicted as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with a farmyard road 100m to E. On the 1897 OS 25-inch map it is located at the S end of a small irregular shaped field, the SE boundary of which reflects the curve of the ringfort. This map depicts a circular-shaped raised area (approx. int. diam. 27m; ext. diam. 34m) defined by a scarp with the interior and exterior planted with trees. Imagery from both Digital Globe 2011-2013 and Google Earth 2018 shows the tree covered monument standing immediately N of farm buildings surrounded by a farm track. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 10 June 2020

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