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In tillage. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as semi-circular area on 2nd and 3rd eds with W side missing. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 181), 'The O.M. records four lioses, of which three...still survive. Two of these...with ramparts 5 feet high. The third...is of large size, and its rampart is 9 feet high. There were two further (unrecorded) lioses, of which no traces now remain'.
See Excavations 2002, 90-91 and Excavations 2003, 76-7, Skahanagh North 3.
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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