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Lissabogy

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lissabogy
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Lissabogy is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture as a roughly circular, slightly raised area measuring 46.3 metres north-south and 33.5 metres east-west. An earthen bank rises 1.8 metres from SSE to NNE, with an external fosse 0.5 metre deep to the SW. A two-metre break appears in the bank to the north, while a north-south laneway truncates the eastern edge. The shape suggests a lived boundary, perhaps marked by ritual, labour or warning. Its preserved form testifies that people shaped this land deliberately, even if its exact purpose has faded.
In undulating pasture. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (46.3m N-S; 33.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.8m) SSE->NNE, with external fosse (D 0.5m) to SW. Break in bank (Wth 2m) to N. Laneway running N-S truncates E edge of site. 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

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