Lissaphuca

In pasture, on a SSW-facing slope, towards the top of a hill. A circular area (38m NW-SE) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 4.35m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 2m) is substantial WNW-E and survives as a scarp E-SSE and as a low bank SSE-WNW. The intervening overgrown fosse (Wth c. 3.5m) widens (Wth c. 6m) along the W arc. The outer bank is low and evident E-NNE. There is a break in the outer bank at NW. The ground surface in the N half of interior slopes down to the SW, towards the break of slope at the centre. The S half of the interior is relatively flat. Stony areas were noted in the NW and SW quadrants. There is an entrance (Wth c. 2m) through both the inner and outer banks at SE. Field boundaries extend from the outer bank at W and N. This is probably the rath referred to in the 1840s as being 'remarkably large, double ringed and covered with Furze' (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 3, 22). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011