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Fairy fort / ringfort in Lisnagree

Fairy fort / ringfort
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On a hillock in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 30m, E-W 27m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives at E, and elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank survive only at W. Causewayed entrance at NNE. 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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