Lissacresig

Lissacresig
Lios an Chraosaigh
	Shown within Ireland
Location	Lissacresig, Macroom, ; County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates	51°55′28″N 9°03′21″W / 51.924359°N 9.055811°WCoordinates: 51°55′28″N 9°03′21″W / 51.924359°N 9.055811°W
Type	ringfort and axial stone circle
Area	3,760 m2 (0.907 ac)
History
Material	earth
Founded	c. AD 550–900
Cultures	Gaelic Ireland
Site notes
Ownership	state
Designation	National Monument of Ireland

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

Location[]

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

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[]

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^ "Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS".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

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[1] ttp://www.heritageireland.ie/media/Listing%207%20January%202003.xls^{[bare URL]}

[2] ttps://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2014-meeting1180603/^{[permanent dead link]}[PAC-R-1288]-Correspondence-3A.4-OPW-Appendix-4B.pdf

[3] "25-inch OS map". Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

[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[5] "Unpublished Excavations: RINGFORTS".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] ttp://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Appendix%20C-2%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Report%20(inc.%20History).pdf^{[bare URL]}

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