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Lismore in An Saighleán

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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On a NE-facing slope in rolling grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 35m) defined by a bank and external fosse from E to SSE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA029-165

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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