Bellwell Fort, fairy fort or ringfort in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a NW-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-111

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