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Lisnadrishna

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Lisnadrishna is a Galway fairy fort where two earth banks and a central ditch form an unbroken circle beneath rolling grass. Its narrow gaps at opposite sides invite entry rather than keep out, while faint internal ridges suggest rooms for residence or ritual. A hollow on the west edge may hide a passage downward, feeding the old belief that the fort belongs to unseen neighbours rather than abandoned people.
In gently rolling grassland. This subcircular rath (72.2m N-S; 64.8m E-W), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Both banks are breached at NW and SE. A field wall cuts through the enclosing elements at S and SW. Within the NE sector of the interior some low grassy banks indicate internal divisions. A hollow in the W sector may mark the site of a Man-made underground passage (GA097-134001-). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2018

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