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Embanked enclosure — Lisdillure

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Embanked enclosure — Lisdillure
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Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 80m N-S; c. 55m E-W) on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped feature (ext. dims c. 75m N-S; c. 65m E-W) on the 1911 edition, and backing onto a NNE-SSW lane at E on both. It is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. It was described as a large subcircular area (dims 54.5m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse S-W and a stone wall elsewhere, with an entrance at E (Gannon 1972). It is not visible now at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Archaeological testing (06E0877) across the interior failed to produce any evidence of the enclosure (Molloy 2009). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 20 July 2018

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