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In pasture, located on a slight rise, with a stream c. 50m to W. Good views. Slightly raised, roughly circular area (40m N–S; 44.2m E–W) defined by a bank of earth and stone, and enclosed by a fosse with an external bank or counterscarp. The inner bank (Wth 2.7-3m, 3.5m at E; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) appears be predominately earthen in its core makeup, but there is evidence for a facing of stone both internally and externally. Stones also protrude along the top of the bank. It is somewhat dilapidated and is eroded in parts by farm stock; it is lowest at W−N. The fosse (Wth 2-2.3m) appears relatively narrow. The external bank survives only as a low, sod-covered stony rise, truncated on the N and E sides by a later field walls. There is a gap (Wth 2.2m) in the inner bank at S with traces of a causeway over the fosse and a corresponding break in the external bank. The interior is level. At the N the inner bank is incorporated into a roughly E–W field wall, flanking a trackway that overlies the line of the fosse. Grass cover in interior; perimeter lightly ringed with hawthorn. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 October 2020

Lurga Lower is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterised by a circular enclosure with a bank and fosse, typical of agricultural and defensive settlements of the period. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, often regarded as dwellings of the "Good People" in Irish folklore.