Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissanisky (barrymore By.)

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

On S-facing slope, overlooking Ballyleary stream. Farm shed now built on site; no visible surface trace. Local tradition of ringfort here. According to Healy (1904, 113) ..'a Rath, has completely disappeared....a portion of it occupied by (a) residence. This Rath had a stream of water running through it, hence the name Lisanisky, or "Fort of the Water". Power, however (1918, 224) describes a standing lios, probably (CO075-037--) as 'the name-giving lios'. Ringfort (CO075-033---) c. 170m to W; fulacht fiadhs (CO075-035---; CO075-03601-; CO075-03602-) to W and NW. 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

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