What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisgowel, County Mayo, Ireland is known as a ringfort - rath, yet the official file withholds its shape and age. The boundary may have marked a home, a boundary or a forgotten ritual place, but no human name or date has survived to anchor it. What is left is a hollow ring in the landscape, waiting for someone to remember why it was made.

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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