Lisaballaire, fairy fort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On S-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NW-SE c. 45m, NE-SW c. 40m) defined by a degraded scarp and external fosse. The scarp survives from NE through S to WSW, and the fosse from E through S to SW. A field bank cuts the monument at ESE and WSW. Abutting the scarp at SW is a CBG (GA017-152001-). (Neary 1914, 112, no. 44) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA017-152

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