What is recorded here

No visible trace remains on the ground, yet the earthwork in Lismaine still holds its shape in old aerial photographs. A rectangular enclosure, perhaps sixty by fifty metres, sits on the bluff above the River Nore, with a castle tucked into its northern part and a larger adjoining area stretching west. The boundary has faded enough that cattle may have walked across it for centuries, but the line persists in shadow and soil memory. What was built there is no longer certain, only that someone shaped the land to be seen, divided or defended before the valley took the meaning back.

On a level bluff above the Nore valley, the River Nore is c. 70m to the NW, in pasture. There are good views in all directions. Traces of low irregular earthworks are visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP BGA 45, 1971; ASIAP (175) 31-2, 3 March 2001). These appear to form a rectangular area (dims. c. 60m NW-SE; c. 55m NE-SW) with the castle (KK009-065001-) in the northern portion of this area and an adjoined rectangular area immediately to the W (dims. c. 80m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW), with indications of sub-divisions within these areas. No discernible pattern is visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 February 2018

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