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Lissaleen — Lissaleen

Children's burial ground
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On S-facing slope of a rise in grassland. An almost circular rath (N-S 47m, E-W 46.5m), in fair condition, defined by three banks and two intervening fosses. The inner bank survives at W, N and E; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The middle bank survives from S through W to N, and the outermost fosse and bank are visible only at SSW. A number of field banks and a road skirt the monument The interior is disturbed by tillage ridges running N-S. 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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