What is recorded here

Lissyquirk is a circular fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland, where a tall earthen bank still surrounds a grassy chamber. The southwest edge has been levelled, but the northwest keeps a second, wider ridge that resists forgetting. Cattle may have grazed above it for centuries, unaware that they walked across a boundary between human fields and older claims.

In rolling pasture land. Circular area (29m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m); second bank (H 1m; Wth 4m) survives to NW; SW portion levelled recently. Interior heavily overgrown. 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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