Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lismire

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

In pasture, on W-facing slope, overlooking Owenanare River valley. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 48m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m); external fosse (D 0.4m) to NW. Break in bank to NE (Wth 1.2m), to SE (Wth 1.7m) and to SW ( Wth 1.5m). Interior heavily overgrown and inaccessible; raised on W side to compensate for hill slope. Fulacht fiadh (CO015-04101-) lies c. 20m to NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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.