What is recorded here

Lisreagh is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. Its twin earthen banks still stand on a north-facing slope, enclosing a circular space wide enough for a small hall or a crowded dance. The eastern causeway invites entry, but the overgrown ditch and heavy banks suggest the place keeps its own rules. People may have lived there before fading into legend, yet the fort still feels occupied by something older and more patient than memory.

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (32.5m E-W; 31.25m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H2.4m) and outer bank (H 1.45m) heavily overgrown. Entrance (Wth 3.6m) to E, with causeway. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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