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Fairy fort / ringfort in Liscuill

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

Liscuill holds a subcircular rath thirty metres across, marked by a grassy bank and a shadowy ditch that cuts through gentle Galway fields. The earthwork remains strong at the southwest, while modern intrusions have opened holes elsewhere in the wall. It is a quiet chamber in the landscape, large enough for human ambition yet small enough to belong to fairy legend.
In gently undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (E-W 30.5m, N-S 25.8m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is best preserved at SW, and the fosse survives as a vegetation band from E to S. Numerous breaches in the bank appear modern. 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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