What is recorded here

Lissataggart is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. Its earthen bank still stands seventy centimetres high beside a shallow fosse, marking a circular space large enough for a dozen people to walk around twice. The western entrance leads onto a causeway, inviting entry into a place where human history fades and folklore begins.

In pasture, sloping gently to E. Circular area (57m N-S; 55m E-W) enclosed by remains of earthen bank (H 0.7m), S to NW, overlain by stone field fence; vague outline of bank visible NW to S. External fosse (D 0.3m) encloses site. Possible entrance (Wth 3.2m) with causeway on ESE. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 163. Date of upload: 5 February 2013

Lissataggart, Drumnashinnagh is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, with a visible bank and fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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