What is recorded here

Lisbaun is a circular earthen fort in County Mayo, marked on maps since 1838 and still standing beside two other levelled forts. Its bank rises higher on the north to hold a flat interior against the sloping land, while gorse and hawthorn still ring the edge. People may have lived there, watched the pasture or simply claimed the rise before written memory began.

In pasture, straddling a natural rise, with good views. Named ‘Lisbaun’ on the 1838 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps, this probable rath consists of a slightly raised circular area (28.5m E–W; 26.5m N–S) defined by an earthen bank. The bank (Wth 3.5-3.8m; int. H 0.5m at S, 0.8m at N; ext. H 1.7m at S, 2.2m at N) is generally low internally and along much of the E half has been reduced to a scarp. A section (L 3m) at S is faced externally with drystone walling (H 1.6m) as a result of incorporation into a later field boundary, which clipped the rath at SE–S on an NE–SW axis but has since been removed. A field fence that abutted the bank at N has also been removed. The rath is built up on the SE–S side to compensate for the natural slope creating an interior which is relatively level, except for a slight rise in ground level evident in the NW quadrant. Grass cover in the interior; perimeter ringed with gorse and hawthorn. It is overlooked by a rath (MA102-007----), now levelled, located 135m to NW, and there is another rath (MA102-008----) 125m to NNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 September 2022

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