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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnagree

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated in undulating pasture. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 25m). Ringfort described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a low scarp of earth and stone. There is very slight trace of a wall or a bank on top of the scarp in places. A number of large boulders and stones lie on top of the scarp from ENE-E-ESE. The interior is densely overgrown with impenetrable vegetation and access is not possible. Monument is visible today as a circular-shaped tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 November 2019

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