
What is recorded here
In tillage, on NE-facing slope. Oval area (64.5m NW-SE; 46.9m NNE-SSW) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1m) with external fosse (D 0.8m). Bank wide and flat topped (Wth of top 2.2m); entrance to SSW (Wth 2m). Fosse U-shaped, dry, partially overgrown. Interior planted with beech trees. Known as 'Lis-na-reenawn' according to Jones (1910, 57).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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