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Enclosure in Inis Ní

Enclosure

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On high ground overlooking Cloonisle Bay to E. A poorly preserved trapezoidal enclosure (L 20m, Wth 6.7-10m), known locally as 'Danes' fort' or 'Liss' (pers. comm. T. Robinson). It is defined by a narrow drystone wall. The interior is overgrown and is cut by a later field wall at NE and S. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA050-014

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Pictures: Cindy Collins is here, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Hugh Chevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Malcolm Neal, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Maigheach-gheal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; No machine-readable author provided. Abrahami assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5; Luis Fernández García, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5 es; Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; dconvertini, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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