Lismoylan, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a ridge in pastureland. A well-preserved circular rath (diam. 19.8m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. No visible surface trace of the outer bank survives at SW. (McCaffrey 1952, 209-10, no. 31) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 October 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-006

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