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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisfunshion

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a N-facing slope, just off crest of hill, in undulating pastureland. Ringfort not marked on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map but indicated as roughly circular area on the 1907 ed. The N half of the ringfort has been levelled. The remaining S half (diam. 27m E-W) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.8m crest, 3.9m base; int. H 0.73m; ext. H 1m) and flat-bottomed outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.7m). The interior is heavily overgrown with brambles with scrub on top of surviving bank. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 November 2013

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