Lissacresig

Lissacresig is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument (#571) located in County Cork, Ireland.[2]

Lissacresig
Lios an Chraosaigh
Shown within Ireland
LocationLissacresig, Macroom,
County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates51.924359°N 9.055811°W / 51.924359; -9.055811
Typeringfort and axial stone circle
Area3,760 m2 (0.907 ac)
History
Materialearth
Foundedc. AD 550–900
CulturesGaelic Ireland
Site notes
Ownershipstate[1]
Designation

Location

Lissacresig is located 6.7 km west-northwest of Macroom, in the hills between the River Sullane and River Foherish.

History and description

Lissacresig is a circular lios, 70 m (230 ft) in diameter with entrances in the southwest and northeast corners.[3] The name means "ringfort of the glutton."[4] Ringforts of this type were mostly built c. AD 550–900. Internally people were housed in wooden huts. Another fort lies 900 m to the northwest; this may have served as a livestock enclosure.[5] There are three monoliths (gallauns) and an axial stone circle in the area as well. The stone circle is formed of five large boulders; unusually, the axial stone is the longest.[6][7][8]

References
  1. http://www.heritageireland.ie/media/Listing%207%20January%202003.xls
  2. https://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2014-meeting1180603/%5B%5D[PAC-R-1288]-Correspondence-3A.4-OPW-Appendix-4B.pdf
  3. "25-inch OS map". Archived from the original on 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  4. "Lios an Chraosaigh/Lissacresig".
  5. "Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS".
  6. "Lissacresig".
  7. Burl, Aubrey (1 January 2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300114060 – via Google Books.
  8. http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Appendix%20C-2%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Report%20(inc.%20History).pdf


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