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In pasture, on a steep N-facing slope. A circular area (30m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m) which has slumped slightly to form a ledge (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) along the external face of the bank at WNW. An external fosse (D 0.05m), traceable W-E, has been recut (D 0.2m) along the arc at WNW. There is a probable entrance (Wth 1.7m) at ESE. Three large stones are set at the base of the S side of the entrance. Recent breaks occur in the bank at SW and N. The interior slopes steeply down to the N. There is a roughly circular depression (D c. 0.2m; Wth 1.5-2m) in the N quadrant. This is probably one of three forts in Boolacullane townland mentioned in the 1840s as 'Lissnacrath, Lissoughter, and the other not known by any particular name' (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 20). (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
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