What is recorded here
Red soil and forgotten walls. A circular fort vanished so completely that surveyors could only mark the site where it stood. Now a modern grotto sits inside the old boundary, replacing one chamber of wonder with another. The fairies did not leave so much as hand the address to someone else.
Lisheenroe/Lisín Rua: There are no surface remains of this monument, which is shown as a circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS map. On the second edition it is marked ‘site of’. A modern grotto now occupies a portion of the site.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 665. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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