What is recorded here
Lismongragh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilmacleague East, County Waterford, Ireland. The monument occupies the summit of a broad hill, where a circular scrub-covered area about 30 metres across is defined by an earthen bank and an outer fosse. At the west-southwest arc, the bank measures about 3 metres wide, 0.7 metres high internally and 2.1 metres high externally, while the re-cut outer fosse reaches a depth of 1.15 metres. No visible entrance breaks the circuit.
Located at the summit of a broad hill. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2.1m) with an outer fosse (D 1.15m), which has been re-cut. There is no visible entrance.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011
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