What is recorded here

Lackabane holds a twenty-eight-metre circular enclosure on a steep slope beside Tullig House, where coniferous trees still mark the boundary. Its low banks and shallow ditch may belong to a forgotten fort or simply form a decorative tree ring within the historic deer park. The site resists final judgement because human hands could have built defence, display or boundary before time softened the edges.

Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as one of three circular plantations of trees (9159; 8743) in 'Deer Park' of Tullig House; on 1936 OS 6-inch map as hachured circularenclosure (diam. c. 30m). In pasture, on steep SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by low scarp (max. H 1.2m) SSE->NNE, low bank to NE; low outer eroded bank (max. H 0.8m) and shallow intervening fosse (Wth3.5m) SSE->ENE. Interior slopes very steeply downhill from NE to SW. Entire site planted with coniferous trees. Possibly fort recorded by Broker (1937,49) on Michael Riordan's land as 'Beech fort, 1/4 acre, double fence, partly levelled'. Surviving banks are insubstantial; no attempt has been made to level up interior. These factors together with position of site in relation to Tullig House may suggest that this is a tree ring. 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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