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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Liscahane

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Liscahane preserves a true ringfort where ordinary people built defensible walls centuries before fairy tales dressed the stones in magic. The earth still rises in a circle, marking a household that valued boundaries enough to shape the land itself. People may have lived inside, watched roads, or abandoned the place when trade shifted, yet the boundary survived because it served more than pride. What looks like a fairy fort may simply be a human home that outlived its owners and waited for imagination to return.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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