What is recorded here

Lisdonnelldeen is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It occupies a west-facing slope where a shallow earthen bank still marks the edge of an old circular enclosure. A modern laneway cuts across its northern side, yet the interior may still hide a man-made underground passage. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before the land became pasture, while local imagination continues to assign the site to fairy ownership.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Originally circular area (26.8m N-S; c. 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m), with external fosse (D 1.2m) to S and W. Laneway running E-W truncates N edge of site. Possible Man-made underground passage (CO132-021002-) in interior. 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

Lisdonnelldeen, Maulnaskeha is a likely early-medieval ringfort, characterized by a circular enclosure with an earthen bank and an external fosse. Local folklore, though not detailed in records, often associates such sites with fairy legends or ancient dwellings.

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