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Fairy fort or ringfort in Lisgub

Fairy fort / ringfort
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What is recorded here

In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 33m) defined by a low bank and external fosse. A scarp forms the enclosing element from N to ENE. A field wall overlies the fosse at NE and another cuts the bank at NE and SW. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA060-151

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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