What is recorded here
No visible trace remains of the Carrigthomas ringfort, yet John Goggin told Hartnett in 1939 that a subterranean passage still breathed beneath the rough grazing land. The earth swallowed the stone and timber, leaving only memory and shadow. What the fairies built, they also hid.
In rough grazing land, broken by rock outcrop. Mr. John Goggin informed Hartnett (1939, 47) 'that in his land on the south bank of the Laney stream there was the remains of what he called a Lisheen, with a subterranean passage' (8981). No visible surface trace.
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
A fairy fort, likely an early-medieval ringfort, located in rough grazing land near the Laney stream; local tradition refers to it as a "Lisheen," suggesting associations with fairy folklore and ritual or defensive use in antiquity.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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