Lisnagry, fairy fort or earthen ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Some 220m SW of a ringfort (GA005-056----). Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 36m, E-W 34m) defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is visible only at SW. A gap at SE may be original. A rectangular structure, now ruined, was built on the line of the bank at N. A number of gravel pits are also visible at N. (Neary 1914, 119, no. 22) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-057

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