Lissaree

In level pasture. Circular area (48.6m N-S; 48.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.65m) with wide flat-bottomed external fosse (D 1.8m). Bank fairly uniform in height all round; ledge S->NE along external face c. 1.55m below top of bank. Gap in bank to ESE (Wth c. 1.5m) and S (Wth 2m). Interior once planted with trees (1842 OS 6-inch map); a number of large deciduous trees remain inside bank to SE and W. 'It is said an old Irish King passing through died and was interred in it (Dunworth 1989, 60). Grove White (1805-25, vol. 4, 203) records 'a so-called Danish Fort well-wooded...locally known as 'Killarree Wood'.' 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.