Lisseachra

Near the summit of a hill in undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (E-W 35m, N-S 32m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Possible entrance at ENE. A small quarry lies just outside the fosse at SSE. A ringfort (GA017-033----) lies c. 500m to E. (Neary 1914, 114, no. 93) 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

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.