Lios na Scéithe

Lios na Scéithe derives from the Irish words for 'fort' and 'shield', reflecting the area's early defensive significance. Evidence of human occupation reaches back to at least the 4th century AD, when a ringfort with radiocarbon dates of 359–428 AD was constructed in what is now Castle Balfour Demesne, indicating Iron Age settlement patterns. By the early Christian period, a monastery associate...