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number of post pits and stakeholes though these were at a less density than any other part
of the site.
Several pits were excavated within the interior, one of which revealed a possible ring-pin. A
number of shallow pits in the south-eastern area of the enclosure contained large quantities
of slag and appear to have been involved in ironworking. One pit in this area surrounded by a
concentration of loose slag as well as a heavily iron stained mixed spread was interpreted as
a possible bowl furnace.
Finds from the site were fewer than that recovered on Lisleagh I. Considerable evidence for
ironworking and metalworking was identified as was a large quantity of animal bone. The
recovery of charred grains of six-row hulled barley, oats, rye and flax seeds as well as quern
stones indicate a mixed agricultural economy at the site.
Fig. 74: Artistic reconstruction of Lisleagh II, Co. Cork (after Monk 1998).
References:
Monk, M. A. 1995. A tale of two ringforts: Lisleagh I and II. Journal of the Cork Historical and
Archaeological Society, 100, 105–16.
Monk, M. A. 1998. Early Medieval Secular and Ecclesiastical Settlement in Munster, in M. A.
Monk & J. Sheehan (eds.) Early medieval Munster: archaeology, history, and society. Cork:
Cork University Press, 33–52.
McLarnen, F., Monk, M. A., & Sexton, R. 2004. 'Burning the biscuit': evidence from the
Lisleagh excavations reveals new secrets twenty years on! Archaeology Ireland, 18(3), 18–20.
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