What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not forts at all. They are old ring ditches, round houses and boundary marks that people stopped using but never forgot. In Lissavahaun the earth still carries that shape: a small circle, a broken ring, a place where ownership changed but identity did not. The fairy name does not diminish the facts. It records the moment human memory became myth.

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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