What is recorded here
Fairy fort in Lissaclarig East: earthen ringfort, 44m wide, on a hill crest in County Cork. Its broken bank and hidden western passage suggest more than abandoned pasture. Perhaps people moved through it at night, listening for breath in the soil.
In pasture, on crest of hill. Roughly circular area (41m N-S; 44m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 2.5m); external fosse (D 1m). Bank heavily overgrown; broken to NE (Wth 4m), with causeway closed by stone wall; second gap and causeway to SSW (Wth 2m). Man-made underground passage (CO141-001002-) in W quadrant.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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