
What is recorded here
In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A circular area (19.1m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.05m) which is covered with overgrowth and denuded in places. The remains of a fosse are visible ESE-S and W-NW. The interior is level. (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
Lissabamarky is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, with a bank and fosse indicating defensive or agricultural use. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and it may have been considered a place of supernatural significance in folklore.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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