What is recorded here

Lissaphooca is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. Its earthen rings and hidden passage still mark the land, inviting people to imagine what life moved through that space long before written records.

In pasture on break in N-facing slope. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (57m N-S; 52m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m), with external fosse (D 0.8m); outer earthen bank survives ESE->W (H 1.2m),stone-faced in parts. Gap in inner bank to NNE, ESE and W. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis; Man-made underground passage (CO110-05602-) in NE quadrant. 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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