Lisnambruic

In pasture, on the lower southern slopes of a ridge. This rath has been levelled; a circular area (diam. c. 23m) terraced into the hillslope, with the N portion up to 1m below and the S portion up to c. 1.9m above the external ground level. Indicated on the 1938 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a hachured arc (diam. c. 25m) forming a scarp E-NW, surrounded on three sides (E, S and W) by field boundaries, at the S end of a narrow field (Wth 30m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Lisnambruic is a levelled early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries, situated on a terraced hillside. Local tradition associates such sites with the "fairy folk," and although no specific folklore is recorded for this rath, its name may derive from "Lios na mBrú," meaning "fairy enclosure of the caves" or "fairy fort of the caves," reflecting a common Irish association of raths with supernatural beings.