Enclosure in Lissyconor, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In grassland overlooking bogland to S. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 37m). Only a subcircular area (N-S c. 46m) defined by a vegetation band survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-092

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