Lisheen in Ballynamannin, barrow in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a S-facing slope in pastureland. Named 'Lisheen' on the OS 6-inch maps, this roughly circular ring-barrow (diam. c. 20m; H 0.82m) comprises a central mound (diam. c. 4m) encircled by a fosse and external bank. A field wall overlies the bank from E through S to W. Gaps at N and S are modern. McCaffrey (1952, 25, no. 66; 1955, 222; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 190) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 August 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-054

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