Lisnagaur-lagh

On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 48.6m) defined by a bank, intervening fosse and possible outer bank. A field wall cuts the monument at NNE and SSE and no visible surface trace survives to E of it. The inner bank is present at SSW and NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and possible outer bank survive from S to SW and at WNW. Within the interior is a CBG (GA041-019001-) 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