What is recorded here

Lisbeagh is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. It holds a circular grassy area thirty metres wide, bounded by a low earthen bank that rises seventy centimetres above the pasture. The fort sits on a south-facing slope west of the Blackwater River, partially hidden by overgrowth. It is the kind of place where human history and fairy story become difficult to separate.

In pasture, W of Blackwater River, on break in S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m). Bank and interior heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Lisbeagh, Toom is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by a bank approximately 0.7 meters high enclosing a 30-meter diameter interior. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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