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In pasture, on a W-facing slope, c. 5m S of a road. A roughly circular area (c. 31m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 2.6m). The arc of an outer fosse (Wth c. 2.6m; D 0.7m) is visible S-SW. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) at NE. A raised oval area (10m E-W; 4m N-S) was noted in the S half of the interior. This rath is said to have derived its name 'Lissanaffrin' 'from Masses being said there in time of war or persecution of Priests' (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 3, 27). A monument commemorating the celebration of Mass here and a walled-in area occupies the NW quadrant and overlies the NW arc where the bank of the rath has been removed.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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