What is recorded here

Magic and life are entangled there. You can touch the fort, smell the soil and watch the chamber change. The dataset is not complete, but the place is real. That is why the file needs a visible owner, a date and a checking tool.

In pasture, on break in S-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 34m E-W) raised 2.8m above level of surrounding land, enclosed by fosse with external bank. Top of platform defined by low rise (max. int. H 0.5m) N->SE. Fosse dry and flat-bottomed (Wth 3m). Outer bank (H 1.3m) 3.5m wide on top; faced externally with stone wall, battered in parts. Possible entrance to SSE where platform has more gradual profile and outer bank replaced by external, stone-faced scarp. Interior planted with coniferous trees; fosse and bank lightly planted. Locally known as "Lissard". 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.