What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissyclearig Upper is a circular earthwork overlooking Kenmare Bay, preserved in County Kerry pasture. Its bank and scarp still mark a small defended or ceremonial space, while the buried passage beneath the grass suggests people once valued hidden movement as much as visible strength. A farm road and gate pier now cut through the ancient line, proving the place has kept serving living traffic rather than fading into legend.

In pasture, on a rise on a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking Kenmare Bay. A raised circular area (23m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m) NNE-S and by a scarp (H 2.15m) S-NNE. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at N. The interior is level and grass-covered. There is a Man-made underground passage (KE093-002001-) in the interior. A farm road skirts the E arc of the bank that has been partly cut to accommodate it. A gate pier has been inserted in the bank at SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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