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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissard

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In level grassland. Well-preserved almost circular rath (D 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A souterrain (GA073-126001-) is located in W half of the intenor. A CBG (GA073-127----) lies c. 180m to 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 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 621.

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