Region Dundalk Harbour Type ringfort Area 0.2 ha (0.49 acres) | Altitude 17 m (56 ft) Part of Linn Duachaill? | |
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Location Linns, Annagassan, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Lisnaran Fort is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument located in County Louth, Ireland.
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Location
Lisnaran Fort is located outside Annagassan, near the meeting-point of the River Glyde and River Dee.
History
Lisnaran contains the remains of circular and a rectangular structures, and may have featured more extensive defences outside the main enclosure. It was historically associated with the Viking longphort Linn Duachaill, bu the combination of a hillfort with round and rectangular structures suggests a Gaelic Irish origin. The only find at Lisnaran was a wooden box in 1928, containing twelve silver pennies, all dating from 1279–1315 and from the reign of Edward I or Edward II as Lord of Ireland.
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