What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often called raths, yet people still call them the homes of tiny, angry beings. In Liscahane, a quarter-acre fort stood on Thomas Barrett's land until ploughs levelled it in 1885. Only a low south-eastern scarp remains beside a laneway, marking the place where human hands erased what fairy belief had helped preserve.

In pasture, on E-facing slope. According to Broker (1937, 49), on Thomas Barrett's land 'fort 1/4 acre; levelled in 1885'. Only SE quadrant survives, defined by scarp (H 0.7m) E->S; N-S laneway to W and field fence to N, with trees planted beyond. 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

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Liscahane, likely dating to the early medieval period, was partially levelled in 1885, leaving only the SE quadrant with a 0.7m scarp. Local tradition and historical references associate it with fairy lore, as suggested by its name and the protective or supernatural connotations often linked to such sites in Irish folklore.

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