What is recorded here

Thirty-six metres of grass and stone circle the ridge, marking Lisnaraha as a fairy fort rather than an ordinary farm boundary. The southeast entrance still breaks the double bank, inviting entry into a space where human ownership never fully settled. Bones surfaced outside the northern edge during tillage, suggesting the ground kept records that ploughs could not erase. The fort remains visible because it resisted forgetting, preserving a shape older than the fields that now surround it.

On a ridge in grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 36m, E-W 30.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank, which is stone-faced externally, is present from E to SE and from S to WNW; a scarp forms the enclosing element elsewhere. A field wall overlies the outer bank throughout. There is an entrance at SE. According to local information, large quantities of bones were found immediately outside the rath at N during tillage operations. 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

Lisnaraha, Ower is a subcircular early-medieval ringfort, likely dating to between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, situated on a ridge in grassland. Though specific folklore is not recorded, its name may derive from "Lios na Rátha," meaning "grove of the fort," a common Irish appellation associated with both fairy forts and ancient sacred sites.

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