Enclosure in Lisrivis, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In low-lying bogland. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (N-S 33m, E-W 30m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall and external fosse from S through W to N. A degraded scarp forms the enclosing element elsewhere. A field wall cuts the monument at N and S. Known locally as the monument from which the td. derived its name. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA006-108

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Photographer not named by Glenamaddy GAA club blog, glenamaddygaaclub.blogspot.com

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