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Ballyglass

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Ballyglass
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In grassland near td. boundary. This monument consists of a poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 36m, N-S 28m) defined by a degraded earthen bank. A shallow flat-bottomed fosse survives from E through S to WSW. A field boundary extends from the bank at NNW. 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.

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