What is recorded here

Lissavoher is a circular earthen ringfort in undulating Cork pasture, its steep bank rising three metres above a shallow external ditch. The southwest gap reveals a causeway, suggesting the site welcomed entry rather than refusing it. Its unusual shape and deliberate construction imply people valued the place enough to reshape the land and return beside it repeatedly.

In undulating pasture. Circular, slightly raised area (27.4m N-S; 26.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 3.25m), stone faced in parts; external fosse (D 1.1m). Break in bank (Wth 2m) to SW, with causeway. 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

Lissavoher, Ballybane West is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period (c. 500–1000 AD), characterized by a raised central area, a stone-faced bank, and an external ditch. Local tradition associates such sites with the "fairy folk," and they were often avoided or treated with reverence in Irish folklore.

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