Lissanourd

In pasture, on SE-facing slope; land falls away steeply to NE immediately outside site. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 80m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as roughly oval bivallate enclosure (c. 80m ENE-WSW; c. 60m NNW-SSE) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, with external fosse. According to local information, levelled between 1954 and 1974. Field undulating; no visible surface trace of site. St Bridget's Well (14024) lies c. 170m to ENE. 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