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Caher in Doonnawaul

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

On the highest point of Dún na bhFál Island to NE of Slyne Head. Poorly preserved oval cashel (E-W 20.5m; N-S 11m) defined by a much-collapsed drystone wall, no trace of which exists from W to NE. A gap at S appears modern. In S half of the interior are two poorly defined huts (GA048-007001-, GA048-007002-); a number of others lie just outside it (GA048-007003-). (Killanin 1954, 94; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 94) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA048-007

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  • Ridiculopathy, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons
  • Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Bunowen Castle - geograph.org.uk - 585443.jpg : Hugh Chevallier Derivative work: Hogweard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Markbriggs, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Picture: Abbeyglen Castle Hotel
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