What is recorded here

Lisduff is a subcircular ringfort in Ballinlass, County Galway, stretching thirty-three metres on an east-facing slope. Its scarp, fosse and outer bank remain best preserved from the north through the east to the southeast, while a later field wall cuts the southern defences. The name suggests fairy lore rather than human history, yet the shape and scale point to a lived place where people dug, built and defended before the grassland softened the edges. What is certain is the form: a bounded circle on open ground, partly erased but still distinguishable.

On an E-facing slope in gently undulating grassland. Known locally as 'Lisduff', this poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S c. 33m) is defined by a scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank, best preserved from N through E to SE. Elsewhere a slight rise delimits the monument. A field wall cuts the fosse and outer 40bank at S. 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

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