Lisnamona, fairy fort or ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In level grassland. Very poorly preserved oval cashel (N-S c. 68m, E-W c. 50m) defined by a drystone wall from W to N, and elsewhere by a spread of rubble. A septic tank has been constructed on the wall line at NW and a field wall overlies it at S. A number of farm buildings occupy the interior. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA055-015

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