Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Liscallee — Cooleanig is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kerry. Liscallee/Lios Caillí (?): This rath, marked as a bivallate enclosure on the OS maps, was levelled in the early 1980s during land reclamation operations. Cooke recorded that it had a 'double rampart and deep ditch' and that there was a 'choked entrance to a Man-made underground passage (KE065-055001-) in its interior (1906, 5).
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Cooke recorded that it had a 'double rampart and deep ditch' and that there was a 'choked entrance to a Man-made underground passage (KE065-055001-) in its interior (1906, 5).
How it was made and used
The saved account records: Liscallee/Lios Caillí (?): This rath, marked as a bivallate enclosure on the OS maps, was levelled in the early 1980s during land reclamation operations.
What was found
The saved account records: It was located on a small hill overlooking the Gaddagh river to W.
What remains
The saved account records: Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'.
Why it mattered
Liscallee — Cooleanig matters because the source ties fairy fort / earthen ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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