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Lismoreen — Deshure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Lismoreen — Deshure
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In pasture, on ESE-facing slope. Circular raised area (31m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 3m) E->W; low scarp elsewhere. Fosse (D 1.6m) survives externally to SW; used as dump for field clearance stones. Bank stone-faced internally ESE->W; ruined lime kiln inscarp to NE. Interior slopes gently down to E; posible souterrain (CO082-052002-). Roadway skirts enclosure W->ESE. Field fences to S of enclosure levelled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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