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Caheradine

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

In level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 31.3m) defined by a drystone wall. A field wall overlies the enclosing element throughout. There is a Man-made underground passage (GA096-022001-) in the N half of the interior. (Redington 1916a, 53-4; McCaffrey 1952, 150, no. 74) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA096-022

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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