What is recorded here
Magic is not needed to explain the fort, although people once believed it. The earth still holds a round shape twenty-four metres across on a south-facing slope in Lismoylan. Its thin bank has been worn low by rain, grass and time, yet the north and east edges remain clear enough to walk around. A household may have stood there before memory faded, using the rise to keep watch over the pastureland.
On a S-facing slope in level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 24.4m) defined by a bank (Wth 0.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.9m) best preserved at N and E. (McCaffrey 1952, 236-7, no. 146a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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