What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissanisky (barrymore By.) stands on a west-facing slope in County Cork, Ireland. Its circular area measures 31 metres east to west, enclosed by an earthen bank rising 0.7 metres. Healy recorded it in 1904 as a lios on the lands of Mrs. Mary Buckley, with an inside height of five feet and outside height of six feet. Power later called it the name-giving lios, though it may also be a ringfort.

In tillage, on W-facing slope. Heavily overgrown, circular area (31m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m). Healy (1904, 113) describes 'a lios (on the lands of Mrs. Mary Buckley)...inside height 5ft...outside height 6ft'. Power (1918, 224) describes this as 'the name-giving lios' but see also possible ringfort (CO075-042---). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Lissanisky, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a circular enclosure with a surviving earthen bank. Local tradition and historical references, such as Healy’s 1904 account, associate it with the Irish term *lios*, often linked to both ancient habitation and later folklore surrounding fairies or supernatural beings.

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