What is recorded here

Lisheentoortagh is a circular earthen ringfort in North Cork pasture, holding a thirty-metre diameter and a narrow eastern entrance. Bowman called it Lisinteamhrach, the Little fort of the Royal Palace, suggesting human grandeur rather than fairy trickery. Cattle still use the southern gap while conifers crowd the southern fosse, blending agricultural memory with ancient boundary. The bank remains standing, marking a place where local life and older story still share the same ground.

In pasture. Circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by heavily overgrown, earthen bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.5m); external fosse (D 0.8m) SSE->NNW. Laneway skirts bank to NNE. Entrance (Wth 3.2m) to ESE; cattle gap to SSW. Coniferous trees planted outside fosse to S and SSW, with smaller concentration to W. According to Bowman (1934, 569), called Lisinteamhrach - Little fort of the Royal Palace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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