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<\/a>Liosnabroc<\/em> (Fort of the Badger \u2013 anglicized as Lisnabrock) is a ringfort located in the townland of Templebodan, east Cork. \u00a0The ring is found labeled on the 1890 Ordnance Survey map. \u00a0Like the majority of ringforts in Ireland, Liosnabroc opens to the NE \u2014 offering a lovely view of the Knockmealdown<\/em> and Galtee<\/em> mountain ranges. \u00a0I am privileged to live next door to this active and beautiful Lios.<\/p>\n Ringforts were constructed mainly from the Iron Age into the early Medieval period (800 BCE \u00a0to ~1000 CE) by the indigenous population of the island. \u00a0They are one of the most common Irish field monuments, with estimates on their numbers varying between 30,000 to 40,000 throughout the country.<\/p>\n The early Irish law tracts set out the size and morphology of enclosures and homes\u00a0for various classes of people in early Irish society \u2014 which was highly stratified. For instance, the\u00a0b\u00f3aire<\/em>\u00a0or \u2018cow lord\u2019 was entitled to a house of 8.23m, an out-house of 4.57m, a kiln, a barn, a sheep-fold, a calf-fold and pigsty.<\/p>\n The term \u2018Ringfort\u2019 is a bit of a misnomer. \u00a0These sites were\u00a0almost certainly\u00a0incapable of withstanding any form of\u00a0determined attack. And while they may have provided refuge from wild animals and fast moving cattle-raiding parties, they were most likely constructed as a show of wealth by the individual in control of the area. \u00a0In fact, the longevity of the sites is a testament to the prestige and honor shown these individuals \u2014 many have stood the test of over 1,000 years of\u00a0turbulent\u00a0history!<\/p>\n And it\u2019s this strong ancestral element \u00a0that gave rise, in folk memory, to the belief that\u00a0lios, rath<\/em>, and d\u00fan<\/em>\u00a0were habitations of the S\u00ed (people of the mounds\/ ancestral dead \u2013 a term that harkens back to the neolithic mound building period, which was itself 2,000 to 4,000 years before the occupation of the ringforts!).\u00a0 The ancestral connection and memory of \u2018powerful leaders\u2019 \u00a0folded these more \u2018modern\u2019 monuments into the well established corpus of taboo and folklore attached to such sites, and ultimately contributed to their preservation through the centuries.<\/p>\n The footage below was filmed on Wednesday morning, 3rd April 2013: the first sunny spring day we\u2019ve seen! \u00a0(though it rapidly deteriorated afterward) \u00a0I had a nice long visit with my other-than-human-person friends while filming, and took the opportunity to meditate while basking in the lovely day. \u00a0The energy of the ring flowed clear while I was there. \u00a0You will find several minutes of meditational encounter at the end of the film. \u00a0I hope you enjoy meeting the Liosnabroc<\/em>.<\/p>\n