What is recorded here

Lisclandaid was a circular earthen hill fort roughly thirty-five metres across when Neary saw it, though small farm holdings had already cut through its ridge. It sat on the brow of a Galway hill, visible enough for surveyors to draw but swallowed by cultivation before anyone could measure what it guarded. The earth forgot the shape quickly, leaving only a name and a vague circle behind.

On the brow of a hill in undulating grassland. Known locally as 'Lisclandaid' (Neary 1914, 117, no. 59), it is marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). According to Neary (ibid.), it was a 'circular, earthen hill fort wholly mutilated beyond recognition. Several small holdings converged on the fort'. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort on the brow of a hill in Cappagh, known locally as Lisclandaid, is likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive site. It is associated with local folklore surrounding fairies, as suggested by its traditional name and the general Irish belief in such sites as portals to the Otherworld.

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