What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Lisnacuddy, County Cork: a 28m earthen ring, 2m high, with a shallow southern fosse, north-west entrance, internal stone facing, a lime-kiln remain in the north-west bank, a small northern mound, a large southern stone and an underground passage in the north-east quadrant. It stands in pasture on a north-west-facing slope, partly grass-covered and edged by dumped earth and stone. People may have lived, burned lime, passed along the trackway or entered the hidden passage there. The fort still keeps its shape like a forgotten room waiting to be recognized.

In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Circular area (28m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m). External fosse survives as shallow depression at base of bank to S. Bank stone-faced internally to S; entrance (Wth 4m) to NW. Remains of lime kiln (CO082-054002-) in bank to NNW, facing out onto trackway which skirts enclosure NNW->ENE. Grass-covered material, dumped against external face of bank to W and NW, appears to be composed of earth and stone. Interior slopes down to NW; low triangular-shaped grass-covered mound (diam. c. 6m) in N half near bank; large partially grass-covered stone in S half; Man-made underground passage (CO082-054003-) in NE quadrant. 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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