Lisnadrishna, fairy fort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In gently rolling grassland. This subcircular rath (72.2m N-S; 64.8m E-W), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Both banks are breached at NW and SE. A field wall cuts through the enclosing elements at S and SW. Within the NE sector of the interior some low grassy banks indicate internal divisions. A hollow in the W sector may mark the site of a Man-made underground passage (GA097-134001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA097-134

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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