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Lissa-crornlech

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

On a ridge in undulating grassland immediately E of a stream. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 36.2m) defined by a bank, now breached in numerous places. There is a Man-made underground passage (GA042-167002-) within the interior. A graveyard (GA042-167004-) lies c. 30m to S and a standing stone (GA042-167003-) 7m to E. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304-5) 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

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