What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissard: Well-preserved circular rath (D 43m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 1.8m) at NE, stone-faced along SE side. A ringfort (GA073-081003-) lies 175m to SW.
In level grassland in NE part of a field system (GA073-081002-). Well-preserved circular rath (D 43m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 1.8m) at NE, stone-faced along SE side. A ringfort (GA073-081003-) lies 175m to SW.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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