Lisnafahy, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 31m) defined by a bank from WNW through N to ENE; elsewhere a scarp, surmounted by a field wall, forms the enclosing element.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA097-020

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