What is recorded here

Lissanargid is a circular earthwork near the top of a south-facing Cork hill, marked on maps since 1842 and still standing beneath nettles and briars. Its bank rises a metre or more on three sides, slopes inward to the south, and hides a possible underground passage in the northwest quadrant. People may have lived there, hidden there, or simply passed around it while believing the ground itself was awake.

In tillage, near top of hill on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Circular enclosure (34m N-S) defined by scarp (max. H 1.4m) to SE, SW and N; earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) to NW; both heavily overgrown with nettles and briars. Bank levelled NNE-> E where field boundary once ran outside bank. Interior slopes gently down to S, raised to S to compensate for hillslope; possible Man-made underground passage (CO033-108---) in NW quadrant. 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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