Lissacresig | |||||||||
Native Name: | Lios an Chraosaigh | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ga | ||||||||
Map Type: | Ireland | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 51.9244°N -9.0558°W | ||||||||
Location: | Lissacresig, Macroom, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||
Type: | ringfort and axial stone circle | ||||||||
Area: | 3,760 m2 (0.907 ac) | ||||||||
Material: | earth | ||||||||
Built: | c. AD 550–900 | ||||||||
Cultures: | Gaelic Ireland | ||||||||
Ownership: | state[1] | ||||||||
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Lissacresig is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument (#571) located in County Cork, Ireland.[3]
Lissacresig is located 6.7 km west-northwest of Macroom, in the hills between the River Sullane and River Foherish.
Lissacresig is a circular lios, 70m (230feet) in diameter with entrances in the southwest and northeast corners.[4] The name means "ringfort of the glutton."[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] [8] [9]