Lisleagh

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisleagh, from 2,255 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) to 271,589 m² (27.16 ha, 67.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lisleagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 28 Oct 2008Conditional

  Construction of domestic storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9442

• 13 Aug 2008Incompleted application

  Domestic storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8377

• 14 May 2008Refused

  Construction of domestic storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6701

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisleagh.

Recorded monuments

• CO019-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 29m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner face of inner bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 0.8m) slopes gently down towards centre giving saucer-shaped profile to interior; bank pushed into fosse to S for c. 4m. Intervening fosse (D 0.8m) waterlogged and overgrown. Outer bank (H 0.8m) incorporated into roadside boundary to SE. Possible entrance (Wth 5m) in inner bank to NNE, smaller corresponding break in outer bank; cattle gap through bank to NNW. Possible souterrain (CO019-134---) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-108001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, c. 40m S of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (11362) c. 70m to SE; third (11363) c. 90m to SSE and fourth (11364) c. 130m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-108002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, c. 40m NE of a stream. This is one of a group of five fulachtaí fia which were identified here in the 1990s (pers. comm. M. Monk). Descriptions of four of them (CO019-108001-, CO019-108003-, CO019-108004-, CO019-108005-) have been published (Power et al. 2000, 140-41). This fulacht fia could not be located when inspected in 1994. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO019-108003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (11361, 11363, 11364). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-108004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on S side of stream. Irregular overgrown area of burnt material cut by two parallel drains running E-W and traversed by intervening field fence incorporating burnt material. One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (11361, 11362, 11364). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-108005 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Low oblong mound of burnt material (13m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.2m). One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (11361, 11362, 11364). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-109 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing. Circular mound of burnt material (diam. 10m; H 0.35m); central depression (diam. c. 3m; D 0.35m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-134 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO019-094---). Depression (L 7.5m; Wth 4m; D 1m) inside bank in SW quadrant may indicate collapsed souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on edge of break in SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 63m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.75m); external fosse (excavated D 2m); low counterscarp bank (H 0.77m). Entrance (Wth c. 3m) to SSE with partial remains of causeway. Traces of smaller circular enclosure (diam. 38m) in interior concentric to external bank, visible as low rise NW->SW and as scarp (H c. 1m) SW->NW with slight internal lip, shallow fosse; entrance to to SSE. Inner enclosure raised to W to compensate for hillslope; interior slopes gently down to SW except for steeper drop to WSW between inner and outer enclosure. Excavations as 'Lisleagh I' by M. Monk (1981-5) revealed that inner enclosure was an early univallate fort; shortly after its construction, bank largely demolished by backfilling into V-shaped fosse (D * ); replaced by existing larger diameter ringfort. This later bank survives in parts to full height, crowned with trench for single-phase stake-built palisade; heavily compacted 'pathway' along top of bank just inside palisade. Entrance passage has remains of drystone revetting; re-cut post-holes for simple gate; two phases of paving extending into interior. Partial excavation of interior revealed remains of seven circular structures (diams. 5-7m), of which structure I at least could have been associated with earlier fort. Earliest structure (I) stake-built with off-centre hearth. Succeeded by smaller structure (V) (diam. 5m), with double walls of wattle screening; hearth re-built on same location; in early phases contiguous and probably forming figure-of-eight structure with larger structure II (diam. c. 7m) to W. Structures III and VII probably also formed figure-of-eight structure. Most structures stake-and-wattle built, two with central hearths (II and VII). Structure (III) to E, built partially over backfilled inner fosse; problems with subsidence caused numerous re-builds of E wall [including one where wall formed of squared contiguous uprights set into a wallplate]. Structures I, V and III partially destroyed by fire. Possible souterrain entrance (CO027-157---), late in sequence, in NE quadrant. Small smithying hearth and other possible industrial remains to W of interior also late in sequence. Massive dump of smelting slag in fosse to SW (C14 dated to 720-+30ad), with bowl-furnace bottoms, tuyeres. Finds include imported pottery, glass beads, ring-pins, bronze buckle, shale bracelets, perforated stone discs etc.; C14 dates range from c. 400AD to 890AD. Scatter of prehistoric remains (CO027-158---) underlies site. (Monk 1995, 105-116; Monk 1988, 57-60). Second ringfort (CO027-03001-) lies c. 40m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-030001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (diam. 47.5m) defined by low rise (int. H 0.22m; ext. H 0.7m) NW ->WSW, with shallow external fosse; at W truncated by N-S field fence, low undulation indicates position of bank to W of field fence. Bank crowned by modern field fence NW->NE. Entrance to W. Excavations as 'Lisleagh II' 1989-93 (Monk 1995, 105-116) revealed that earthen bank partially levelled and backfilled into V-shaped fosse (D 1.8m) after relatively short existence; after levelling, occupation in interior continued over inner slope of remaining bank (H 0.75m). Entrance (Wth 2.5m) apparently unrevetted; shallow post-holes and spud-stone indicate simple gate structure; two phases of paving extend into interior. Interior extensively damaged by cultivation; partial excavation revealed fragmentary remains of hearth and five circular structures. Structure to E of centre (diam. c. 4.25m) showed several repair phases; cut away to NE by later souterrain (CO027-03002-). Many other post- and stake-holes found in interior, which formed no definite pattern. Large featureless circular pit (diam. c. 1m) in centre of interior; towards SE corner of excavated area, large rectangular pit (c. 2.6m E-W; c. 1.9m N-S) contains enigmatic kiln-like structure (c. 2m WSW-ENE; 0.8m NNW-SSE). Scatters of slag and burnt clay to SSW of pit. Midway in occupation of site, relatively shallow V-shaped fosse (D 1.1m) was dug to encircle central area of site (min. projected diam. 32.5m). Concentric to it and c. 1m outside it is narrow trench with remains of large contiguous upright timbers (diam. 0.2m-0.24m). Line of fosse and palisade trench continue across and block earlier entrance. After posts of palisade rotted, replaced with flimsy stake fence. Fosse open for short time only, then backfilled level with surface; to S, circular structure with double wattle walls (diam. c. 8m) erected over backfill. Parts of backfill subsequently dug out to SE and S to create possible soakaway and kiln (Monk ibid.; pers. comm. J. Monk). Finds include a possible ring pin, hone stones, worked flint and iron-working debris. Second ringfort (CO027-029---) c. 40m to NW. See also Excavations 1991, 7-9. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-030002 Souterrain
  Description

  In NE quadrant of ringfort (CO027-03001-; Lisleagh II). Excavation (Monk 1995, 111-2) revealed W end of souterrain chamber (min 1.2m N-S (W end); min 2.9m E-W; max D 1.85m; long axis E-W). North and S walls stone-built and slightly corbelled; W wall earth-cut; extends beyond limit of excavation to E. Chamber, entered via earth-cut steps at W end, widens towards E (projected Wth at E end 1.6m); beyond deepest point, floor begins to slope upwards close to E limits of excavation. Roofing slabs not found; excavator suggested 'layer of burnt material towards the base of the chamber could represent the burnt structural remains of [timber] roof' (ibid.). Chamber completely backfilled after abandonment during occupation of ringfort; fills comprised heavily charred material and burnt stone. Attempt made to recut souterrain after it had been backfilled. Souterrain cuts through trench of earlier circular house. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-118 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing, c. 30m E of stream. Grass-covered mound of burnt material (11.5m N-S; 9m E-W; H 0.85m) covered by c. 0.15m of top soil. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-152 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing, c. 10m E of stream. Circular grass-covered mound of burnt material (diam. 12m; H 0.7m). Second fulacht fiadh (11369) c. 40m to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-153 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing. Oval mound of burnt material (8m x 6m; H 0.25m). Second fulacht fiadh (11368) c. 40m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-154 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, to N of spring. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (c. 6m x 6m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-157 Souterrain
  Description

  In NE quadrant of ringfort (CO027-029---, Lisleagh I). Excavations by M. Monk 1981-5 (Monk 1995, 105-116) revealed D-shaped pit (min. 0.9m E-W; c. 0.57m N-S exposed; D 0.6m) extending beyond N edge of excavated area; W side truncated by possible post hole. Stony, voided fills within pit sloped downwards into edge of excavated area; unusual bronze buckle recovered; charred deposits from fill produced C14 date centering on 890 AD. Subsequent resistivity survey immediately N of excavated area suggested presence of large, disturbed hollow feature. Shape of feature and nature of fill suggested similarity with souterrain entrances at Lisnagun (1407) in West Cork (pers. comm. J. O'Sullivan). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-158 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Found during excavation of ringfort (CO027-029---) (Monk 1995, 105ff); underlying NE quadrant of ringfort interior and its entrance area to SE. Under NE quadrant, probable plough or cultivation soil was overlain by groups and alignments of stakeholes; alignments undated but possibly associated with small hearth (diam. 1.1m) which produced Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper. Shallow subrectangular pit (exposed L 1.6m; Wth 1.12m; D 0.25m), underlying E bank of ringfort, contained 'probable Bronze Age pottery' (pers. comm. Rose Cleary); similar pottery found in nearby deposits. Another subrectangular pit (2.2m E-W; 1.1m N-S; max. D 0.6m) was found towards centre of ringfort, S of stakehole alignments; western *2/3 of base heavily oxidised, with charcoal deposits, burnt clay, stone and bone; eastern *1/3 stepped slightly higher, unburnt. Earthy N-S deposits overlying stakehole alignments interpreted as flattened earthen boundary; overlying this again was gravel surface delimited by curving stakehole line. Gravel surface immediately underlay ringfort bank. In entrance area, cultivation soil cut by double arc of stakeholes (C 3m); overlaid by possible bronze working area (C14 date cal. 430-540AD). Working area covered in turn by gravel surface possibly analogous to surface described above. (pers. comm. M. Monk) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisleagh.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Lisleagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisleagh.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Lisleagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Lisleagh · An Lios Liath

Area

750,542 m² (75.05 ha, 185.46 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgullane, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Glanworth East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

456 people lived in 156 households in the Glanworth East electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacaheragh, Ballynoe West, Bawnanearla, Curraghagalla North, Curraghagalla South, Killeagh, Killeenemer, Nutgrove

Placenames

Lisleagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.