Lisnagranard, fairy fort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a prominent rise in gently undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 31m, E-W 28.5m) defined by a bank and an external fosse. A gap at SSW could be original. Neary (1914, 111, no. 43) noted the existence of an outer bank of which no visible surface trace survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA017-020

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