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Indicated — Liscubba

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

Why this matters

Liscubba is a roughly circular fairy fort (ringfort/rath) with an earthen bank and silted fosse, typical of early-medieval agricultural settlements in Ireland, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries. Local folklore often associates such sites with the faé or other supernatural beings, though specific traditions connected to Liscubba are not recorded.

What is recorded here

In level pasture with lower ground to W and SW. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (28m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m); silted-up fosse. Field fence atop levelled bank N->E. Hole (diam. 2m; D 1.5m) dug in bank to SSW. Field clearance stones dumped against external bank face to N. Break in bank (Wth 1.4m) to E. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1975).
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