What is recorded here

Fairy fort and earthen ringfort in Monatooreen, County Cork, Ireland. Power (1923, 179) recorded no fewer than six lioses there, one unusually large, but all are now destroyed and their exact locations have been lost. The land keeps the shape of what disappeared: a whole small neighbourhood of fences, fields and lives, erased so completely that even the scar has faded.

According to Power (1923, 179) 'there were no fewer than six lioses, one of them of unusually large size, but they have all been destroyed'. Exact location of these sites unknown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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