What is recorded here

Lackendarragh holds a forty-three metre stone-faced ring on a gentle western slope, marked clearly on maps from 1842 to 1938. Its earthen bank still stands between one and two metres high, partly swallowed by modern field fences but unbroken in memory. People may have lived inside the circle before forgetting its name, leaving behind only a smooth arc of soil and stone that asks to be walked rather than measured.

In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope in SE corner of field. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842, 1905 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Arc (diam. 43m) survives N->SSW, defined by earthen stone-faced bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.2m) N->ESE; low rise ESE->SSE; earthen bank (H 1.6m) SSE->SSW. Interior slopes down to W. Bank incorporated into field fence system to NE and S. Upstanding circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph taken 03-07-1975 (GSIAP, W 387). 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 fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lackendarragh, likely dating to the early medieval period, is represented by a partial circular bank facing north to south-southwest. It is traditionally associated with local folklore surrounding fairies, as its name suggests, though specific legends are not recorded.

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