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Liscoona

Fairy fort / ringfort

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On a rise in gently rolling grassland. A circular ringfort (D 43m), in fair condition, defined by a bank with traces of inner stonefacing at SE. Field walls surround the monument. Numerous gaps in the bank appear modern. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA073-149

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Willthacheerleader18, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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