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Lismore

Moated site

What is recorded here

On a slight rise in pastureland, a stream lies to E. A well-preserved rectangular moated site (NW-SE 28.3m, NE-SW 25.7m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 7.5m) at SW. A field wall cuts the monument at NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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