What is recorded here

Lissaphuca is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland, where a circular earthen bank still stands below a hill crest. The Ne gap holds a causeway across the fosse, inviting entry into a place tradition assigns to fairy life rather than ordinary record.

In pasture, below crest of hill, on NNW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (38m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.6m) with external fosse (D 1.05m) and counterscarp bank (H 0.6m). Bank lowest NW->NNE due to slippage into fosse; gap (Wth 1.4m) to NE with causeway across fosse. Interior raised on NW side to compensate for hillslope. Townland boundary crosses interior, off-centre to NW on NE-SW axis. Possible Man-made underground passage (9088) in N quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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