Liskelly, fairy fort or ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a S-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 37m) defined by a low bank from SE through S to SW, and by a scarp elsewhere. The bank is breached by a number of modern gaps. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA061-081

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