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In pasture, on gentle NNW-facing slope above Awbeg River. Circular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by three earthen banks with intervening fosses; shallow external fosse to NE. Inner bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) SE->SW; scarp to N. Middle bank (int. H 0.9m) broken to NW (Wth 3m) and NNW (Wth 3m). Outer bank (H 0.7m) low NW->NNE, with break to NW (Wth 2.5m) and NNW (Wth 6m). Banks to W and interior heavily overgrown and inaccessible. Bank depicted as forming continuous spiral from interior outwards on 1842 OS 6-inch map. According to Bowman (1934, 424), Lisatouragh 'more probably means Lios na Teamhrach - Fort of the Royal Palace'; he described triple ramparted fort with annexe to N (21yd x 19yd); foundations of hut sites, visible as grass-covered mounds, in interior.
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
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