Lissalea

In pasture, at base of Bailocke Mountain. Circular area (28m E-W; 27.8m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 1.4m, ext. H 1.1m; outer bank: H 1m) with intervening fosse (D 1.2m). Remains of stone-facing on inner face of inner bank to SSE. Both banks planted with trees. Causewayed entrance (Wth through inner bank 2m; through outer bank 1.5m) to NE; inner bank disturbed for c. 4m on S side of entrance. Outer fosse (D c. 0.4m) survives to W where field boundary joins bank. Interior level; some trees planted around edge; Man-made underground passage (CO041-01002-) at centre. Bowman (1934, 573) recorded interior thickly planted with trees; called 'Lios a Lin (Fort of the Flax)'. 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

Lissalea, Laharan is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by two banks and a fosse with traces of stone facing. Local folklore, though not well documented, may associate such sites with fairy dwellings or ancient druidic activity, common in Irish tradition.