What is recorded here

Half-swallowed by ferns on a SW-facing slope above Mangerton Mountain, the Lissyviggeen ringfort keeps its circular shape hidden from ordinary eyes. A low bank still marks the western arc, but the rest has surrendered to rough pasture and shadow. People may have lived there before the green took back the stone, or the land may simply be dreaming a circle into itself. Either way, the mountain watches the gap where the wall should be.

In rough pasture, on a SW-facing slope with views to Mangerton Mountain. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) is visible on an aerial photograph (OSAP, 2122-3) taken in 1989. It is not visible at ground level due to dense overgrowth of ferns; the ground in the area of the possible rath is uneven. A low bank was evident along the W arc during a subsequent site inspection (Quinn 2002). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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