What is recorded here

Boolacullane holds three forts, but this is the only one with a hidden passage. It may be Lisnacrath, the place noted for a cavern near Lissnaclinna. The earth has been lowered and a field boundary has taken part of the rim, yet the hole remains at the north-west edge. A small ring on a steep slope becomes a doorway when the ground stops being ordinary.

In pasture, on a steep NNE-facing slope. A circular area (19m NNW-SSE; 18.2m WSW-ENE) defined by a low rise (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.4m) SSW-E and by a curving field boundary incorporated into the bank E-SSW. The interior slopes gently down to the NNW. The opening to a Man-made underground passage (KE048-088001-) is in the remains of the levelled bank at NW. An ENE-WSW trackway lies immediately outside the SE arc. This is probably one of three forts in Boolacullane, mentioned in the 1840s as 'Lissnacrath, Lissoughter, and the other not known by any particular name' (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 20). This may be 'Lisnacrath fort' which was recorded as having a 'cavern' and being a 'few chains North of Lissnaclinna' (ibid., 40). (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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