Liscappul

In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A circular area (c. 33.5m N-S; c. 33m E-W) defined by two earthen banks, an intervening fosse and an outer fosse. The inner bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.15m) has numerous cattle gaps. The intervening fosse (Wth c. 2.2m) is evident all around. The outer bank (Wth 3.4m) survives N-NW. An internal ledge (Wth 2m) near the base of the internal face of the outer bank survives all round. The outer fosse is evident S-WNW as a slight slope down to the base of the outer bank. A field boundary skirts the outer bank along the N arc. The uneven interior slopes down to the SE. There is a possible entrance through the inner (Wth 3m) and outer (Wth c. 1.6m) banks at SSE. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Liscappul, Knocknamucklagh is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by two banks, an intervening fosse, and an outer fosse. Local folklore, though not detailed in the record, often associates such sites with fairy legends or ancient dwellings.